The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-09

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THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM T0nfEp9 C1.
Office at the
8uD E'LANlNG EfiE.L,
CorAcr or pine and aaaond streets,
Near the itHtlroaa,)
T[TUSVlLLE, Pa. :.

Owing to the large aud increasing demand for III
hcOsfts IOrrel ies ant iiie .nte d',lsidn o. iht
t1ni-stOucr u Pseut- IN rciu -iuE to \, III. Il, ec
paeat AID Jhs d 'i-i N Of juj.c +. Z tlIer sus
| iaiuint tho Roberts p,tea, tley have LOW WEitED
| tue price oi t,if IorpceO.s
TWENTY, Per CENT.
40 that every Operator can sT1ri 10 Try a Torpedo
before apandlnings Wen.
/ The following is the decision rendered by JUDGE
Grier ou the i%e'tyse,onG t2.l day of seteinbtr r.
1873 IN The United States Cir'Uit Court st i'b blade
| NJ Keller Of New York B n Lucas and ;. A. Inr.
Mailce OF I'ittsbursh' for d'fhdanis, and ,eorge
! Ia16ing OF Philadelphia, anA George H. lhri-ly ,,t
i'iiieblftsh, for pa MIA.
OPINION Of JUDGE GRIER.
4, write Nith iiilcll'y car only state the con
c'u+ions to Which my MIND Ass como af,r ca.e!u.
examination OF this case.
me ooiu iIIninl In. exhibited pstens dated
25ti Of april, 1870. This i prima facie eyileuca OF
good tue aud puts on the RESPONDENTS the hur.
din Of pro'i t1at the patent 4. void or WORTHLESS.
rcei not rersa NY tcmarks in,lie cas, Of Good.
yeHr ": Uaf q Val, &. C. kep; 20 bat nu..
,dovt Il eh o. niOrdinz ra e o, decision Nhich .u
pice c'ea " 10 tue p.esent oise
rs the Infringement oi the patent ia admitted
the oui, question VIA be IS to The validity o. COM
1siranis lf,teit of Anil -. ls1s.
All w41 ait,r sp,cal,t on had been rcIuc.d ;c
nGc!ice,' SID after repeated experiments li,at th,
;on.pa.!!aut sicceeGeI in 0vercuuin he r,inij,.
and lsi'oancco! tne peup. ON tie subject ana
mach
aer nc lad established IL great uIii.ty snd v.u.
a7c when LIS cen'u' snu patient pcl-e,trauce IN
spite oi s1cef- aud sc0f','i were ,onplcte, s1c.
.lSsuI, tRt Reed, who had bcinlc ntpd, rrnsri
m-nis on the sane sutjrtt, and v.ts nlsucres-f Il;
nirinel that he had tic heet ii slt tat4einvenfion
l1c alter purchasing one o. more co uplgnsn,i TOR
peuoes, no a.lbhsi on Inc III OF November, 1917,
t1r pNtcut for substantially the same roulina
upns JI devices aud ecue clutaineG in conn, ain
auis patent. 0n the 10th of tho ,am,. nIonfi ,h,.
rc,pohd,hts !orned Themselves into a COMPANY or
L nod . .Is,a I
or TIE purpose OF li.atiuy the c,,iuulnina,,. ir
ve',ton, aiiI Supporting expense OF trati,lr.
AID mus detfaud hi,i of the r.i,~. They asye re.
severed, even fteI the preliminary iIuiitiun g..
properly gfantei by TIE District ,ild,.e
Let q. cree he entered for compln nlnt for a Nor
potNai INJUNCTION. and n .ster uppoiiiel 10 t,L.
An acco'h' according TO the gr.y'r Of l.e biIl
---., IL &. GREER, Judge.
Nori.-The passage referred to by Judge Crier in
nl+ iYriner iecls' . Wallace, p. 2gs adopted as
app lcibie to this case was as follows:
III Is I.uni.y the cuse. when niiv yalrsi,o A,
s! is p'aue, on any 1t" nnc'in. uf great nj inv l.
Invented t.as tNeatlIiicu Of The laibi L la. l.. N
,urued to I.it sub eit pctyruu.ly aYJ H.. -.
peFsons nave ne N making ie-elchr> and ev,,ri
Hents IN its picrs auu niechluiciuu. nav iev.
~ some m ai'ru nrlc cinTcd In their sp-cu,aiou.
ne pnssih. ity or lT3h.nilty Of such di.c,,,f. or
h'shiOli many experiments aVe brei. .,crf. ..G,,l.
y rled coming yety rear yet IA ling sNort OF tha
desired result. They have prudacud noiji.nr BEN.
hc"Hl ne inVetiln wle, perfected may iruiy he
men > not only by tae lyeIjtor h,.i hv many ct;,
Us. e may hlv' prlliet iniirCc !, NV tl,e Ir.ur
'sil cxpcrimehiS and niiUres Of utLer, lrit /.
gives 'he'h no rCt to a "a "a share o. inc Ir nov r
tNe l'Toui o! the successful inventor II il WHEN,
'pecua'!oh has oetn rrduc d to fTsc,ice, whencl
peeluiehi "a i,@ht.o ~ discover aud when tia
Ii-copcry hh' been perfected ~ patient anu couitr
ied experiments wDed some ncv c.uiullnI mr.,
AHnaMcII.e. or macnn- la. been ihus nrnd,c.J
"Hctl7 uSeu, u tcp tpitc.th1t he piriv iust u.t
ne "m Hpubiic ben'4clor sad entitled to a M emf
'Ahl yet wien genus and p-i,nt ucrre .prs,,rl
have al length succ c!ii. in s.i.e Of sn,,-. nnd
.con', some V'intbig in'entirn pr dluco-ery how
'rn'n II II 'oiu"ci ny rewa'd Enyy i"b- him
oi tHe homer, Nhiie s'ccul,iOcs. -wlrdeis and nj.
'a'rs loo INN OF tGe profits. Every nu.uccr.s,ul
'S.~rlm r'er VINO did or DID or did Lot cnrne ycry
nti' hllhl't discovery now claims II. k,c-y OH.
VINO CAL invent Hil iipr 'tcUeut or vary Ii. iurnl
Gains rig1i IL liraio the original discovery "
n>od not summons 'o'scI or Blahchard or Wood
worth To prove That this is the usual hi tory of rv
r. rrral discovery or invention
"Ihc present case aud. gnothsr chnpter +, th;,
long and un'fJTm history."-2 aiiace, q. q. H..
ports p -92. "