The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-11-08
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THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO m
office III the
x ED PLANiNG MI,
Cor or OF Pine and Second s,r.
Near the RatIroadJ
TITUSVILLE, Pa.
OPINION OF JUDGE aR1ERr

/ Va pODoA ShIERy -
! As write with difficulty can only Stat. ~.
| clus.ons TO which nv mind has com. .r,. 'ne COZ
examination of this case. e' " earsfa.
y nc complainant has exhibited q baton, H.. !
-5th OF April, 1865. This is prma facie uaeo
s0od title anu puts on the respondents tba OF
"' NJ. ro" ", .as ihe patent Is void or wothe,s
Ieeu NOT repeat lnytemsrks in the case of C,
! year ": Day " Wall, C. c. Rep; 2o9l br, "ood'
adopt them as siording rule OF deci,ou VIZ. aoN
phcs clearly TO the present case. ""'sn ap'
As inc infringement of the patent il .d,,;,.
the only question will be as to III. yaiid;,v 'nitcd,
plalnans patent of April %, ls5s vi con
II was after speculation had been ,.d,.os,- =
p'acIiee, aud after repeated experiments b., -.
ana lshoiance of the peopl. on ibc snhi, a. Vjuucs
persaiung the public that his inyentiop V,. shd
at,r hs uad established its great utility and W"
sni,o "nrn ] ms senius and Patient perseverance h
oe-siul, that Reed, who had before nade quo
menls ON ne same subject. and wa, nns"o viper
sHu aieF Ourchasln. one or more connI,in..,,s'a
p1tVe tpr ne fppned on the LIST Of Noven bsr' iss;
.or palsnt Iur substantially the same ronh;N''
IDS Ol ueVlc,s and machine COM ained /, c,jH,
anI PATENT On the 18th Of tho san,e r,on,p
repondents formed thstosc ives into comnnus 'as
CORPORATION called "Ihe kesu Tornedn Tir VI
!'r me purpose Of pirating the Con nlo;nanpn,
'.H''oll, ana supporting tue expensee OF htio.,;s
snI mus deiFHud him the fruits Tbav s'oh,'
nrnni rgIS,u even aisr the prel.mary nunctop ,sr,
pfTpth! granted by tic district ,Judp,. 'e'!
LEI degree be entercd for conn la,n,,,
pe'ua mum otion; and Master, apnni,,o '' pel.
al account accordingly 10 the payer of the,biII AAe
T. c. GlER, Jndss.
IT. me passage referred to by judge Grier :,
Ms former decision, 3 Wallace n 300 sss u',sr IN
app lctDle 10 this case was rs follows. -"'f''u ="
Is usually the case, when any ynlpsb,o a,
- slaGe' OF any new machine OF great nti,;tr Il
'cli.eu' tbat the attention of the public bs. -,
'uincd To that subject previously, ana In naS oste
o.eohs nhNe been making researcbe. and o,n,y
menb PHILOSOPHERS ana ,rechnnini., anu e1pen-
sons u, a,lrt anticipated ia their snncnio,iore
'Le p9.aloiiy or PROBABILITY of -neb d,rnv.r ~
n,enioh' many experiments have h..,u ,rcca:.tJ
.irsS ros reis Hear Vet falling short OF ,be
siHea se'Hea result Tney have produced ncthino -.
ncial Inc Invention wheh perl.c,ed ,nsn sI Iene
~ '~Iu W "f the eliminating point of mnrv .Y,'..-
men > not ony by the inventor. bIi bv 49,,
ne my have prohted indirectly by the npspr.
r,ivo. r.f ana failures of others but /,
...et no reit To cs share OF the bcnor ot
lue piont oi the successful inventor n ~ - VI
~ 'l"'iVh has Deen reduced to practice ,b.n a.,
peIIhtht ia- resulted in discovery and ,yhsn 80.
nsS nas o"th perfected by patient ana contiu
@ 1.u "a SpoIlheuts, when some new .oainoupd nv,
manufacture, or machine ha. ha.n ~ hu; @ "t
Mhcn Is usciul 10 thcpubc, that the psrtv mi aIini
oetomts arublic beneactor and cutitIsd Ia a 49,,
anu yet when genius and patit nj per,ereyanrs
SON, sn,a os'n ed, 1ucceeded, In spite Of sn.er. and
scpns' some valuable invention or d;,co-.r, tnw
'eiuon Is II followed by reward Envy rni, Tr
" 'ne honot, while speculators swindIcys .na nj
rates ROD him OF the profits Every nn.r"n...S
Aperiiienlef VINO did or did or did not CONE very
near making discovery now claims 4, -, r. on
VINO can invent an Improvement nv a., I,e'y ua'
oiails III 10 pirate the original dj.cnycr, VI
neeu @ not summons Morse, or Blanchard nr W.
worm 70 prove that this is the usual Listorv Of cys
ry great discovery or invention. VI wv
'Ihe present case aads snoih.r ch.,,, AL
ports p. 2e2 ""'"'s,o " ne.