The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-22

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seaofS sitAuaontny Well.
tio following IA the declsion rendered by Jpdvs
S.h' on tna trenty -eecoud l22) day of ss,tsnhss
E'w, u ihe United Stale. Circuit Court NJ rh;is.ss,
Pals: zee ,ase wa- argued three days nv CbssIes
n N-l!vr II New York, y. y. Lucss rnd 4. E's.
,HhesnT rilssburgh, for defndsnis. and c;.o,"c
ns'fay 81 psiladrIphIa, and George II. Ihri.iy. .l
f1stsasssh, for pia,nt,i. >'' VI
OPINION OF JCDGH GRIHR
~ write ~i,n 5ltfeulty can only state the con
c,us,oas to which my mind hss coms sfer csrefu
sxArn,nAsion u this case.
25:a or April, isGs This il prins fssir eyds,ss ~
.,o"d title and puts on the rsspUudeuts The bnr
dsn .. pro, tn,t the patent il void or worthless
yes, W Day t2lrall, L. G Rep; .2s1 but now
adopt thei a. at0rdinx rule Of Jsc,iun vbich s,.
phss cssa,ly 70 tue prssent cass.
A the infringement Ut the patent In Admit tpd
tke olli, question will be 20 70 he yslidjtv ri c"rs
plH'lans patent OF April ~, 1855.
III wa atr speculation had been reduced In
p.aeice and siter repeated sxperinlsnts that the
complainant su%eeded in overcoming he prejudice
ard 'ynorHnce VI the people On tile subisct. and
tt.rlAIiLB the public tLat Ills invention WAS sef,I.
ats' ne mao es1Aoened its great utility and value
Ahh ''whrn Ills gcn'ns and patient perseverance, In
rp'te - sncers aud sc0i.," were comuletciv suc.
re's.n, taat Reed. who had before made experi.
.i.n,s "n the same saiiest, and was uisuccsssiui,
n"d ufteI purchasing one OF more plainanss 4 Tor
I,e1oes. he applied on the Lat OF November. iS67.
ira pItsat p tor Enthusiastically tho same combina
hirs patent On the 10th OF the same month the
respondents formed themselves Into : compApy or
s.npor.'ion called "'i'he Reed Torpedo COinp~uy,"
.ip ms ehs purpose OF pirating the cOmpainants In.
srd thu, deiruud HIN " the fruits They have rer
eevereS, even stter the preliminary injunction very
property granted by the District judge
Let decree be entered for Complainant Sor . nor.
WtaAl 'iunnc'iOn and Master appointed TO lake
90 account according 'o the prayer q u. bill
Norr-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier in
his former DECISION, Wallace, y. 2o9. sdopted as
App ic.bis to this case WAS as follows
~ IL Usually the case, when any valuable discoy.
ery 10 uade, or any new machine Of great mi ity IA
Inv, nteu that the attention of the public has becn
iurn.1 60 That subject previously, aud that many
persons have bsen uaking Researches and exper;f
Ins1ls. Philosophers and mechanicians NAV ksy,
~ sonis MEASURE anticipated In their sprcuiations
the psai6iity or probabil,ty Of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have besn succe:sfu
y 'iied, corning very near yet falling short OF the
ee>teS result. They have produced nothing Lenr
neal The invention whe perfected may truly IN
s'li 70 Ne the cuiminaing point OF many expert
mon =, not only by the inventor, hut by many 9TH
cessfdl experiments and failures OF Others, hut h
gi's Heh no right to cia M share oil the be nor O.
VIC prom of the successful inventor II Is when
spscnlAfioa has been reduced to practice, vhsn en-
pe.iheht iia- resulted in discovery aud when thai
discovery iias been perfected ny patient and coutn
ue'i experiments when some new Compound. art
iann'acture. or maenne has been TIM. produces
whchs useful to the public, that the party inakinx n
become. apu6lic benefactOr and entitled To patent
- "and ;st when xenius and patient perseverance,
tcols s,ine valuable invention or disco"ery. how
seldom Is u followed by reward Envy robs him
oI the honor Willie speculat0rs, swindle. O. and nj
RATES tob MIN Of the profits. Every un.ucce.siu
near inAkiag discovery now claims H. Everv o,,,
whn cnh invent an Improvement or vary its i;,r,n.
claims right to pirate the original disc ,vcrv W.
n'ei not summons Morse, or blanchard or Wood
WORN - h,Sas st ~ ms ,s the usual history Of eve
"The present Case Hods another ehsn,s, to All.
long and ~ uniform hi'tory."-2 Wallace, G. 6. Ks
ports p. Ra O' N''