The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-01-05

TIL Eo3E;S
pETRnlLUM TdafEao CO.
Office :.t The
ssED PLANNING HILL,
Goracr ef Pine anI second Streets.
;Noar the l.niirOaiO
TITU5VILLE, Pa. :,
Owing to the large and increasing demand for the
Roberts Torrei les ana the Htts decision OF the
Cummiesioner of paeuts IL refusing to Nm. Reed
a pa,enJ aid the dscisi II Of jul C =. uiIer sus.
la'n'ug he tJbsds' pltent they nave LOW HItLD
tne prce oI Their Iospedo1s
TWENTY. PER CENT.
20 that every Op rator can afford /, try Torpedo
before abandoning Well.
The 70 owing y tho decision rendered by JUDGE
Grier on tine t%eaty-soeonJ (2Z) day OF Sc tenher
1873, IN the United states Circuit Court at Phlace
pnia. The case was ar,ued three days by Charles
VI. Keller Of New iOrs, B. I Lucas and ) A. i'ur.
Vance of Pittsburgh ior dJilEdanls and GEORGE
narding OF Philadelphia, and George III. lhlisty vf
fItisbu.ghi for pa lltt
OPINION or JUDGE CRTER
As write with llaculty can only state the con
clu,ons 10 which my mind has come after Il care IL
examination Of thiscase.
Ihu eom lalnint hns exhibited patent dated
25th Of April. lSJ5. This l. pr iaci, evidence OF
Il good title, and puts on the respondents the bur.
deu Of pro'i that Iue patent ia VOID ur worthless,
neel not repeat ny en.arhs i'll the case of Good
year W. Da, u wL Z. &. hep, 2.0) but nov
adopt them sOrding rule o. decision wi ich an.
pile, ctoncly to tAc present case.
AZ the infringement OF the patent is admit t ed,
the oni question will bo as u the validity ol com.
plainanis patent OF Apfl %, lsbS.
''lt All II sDfCulft Ia bppu rf1uraI .n
practice and nlter repeated experiments that the
cOnpalnaut suciccIc1 in nyerCOmin.. he ureiUlict.
ana igh0rance OF the po"2is on Tie suGeet, and
pcrsuad the puo!ic tat Lis inveutiUn was II sc al;
after hc bad established IL great u.i t. and .lue
aud when hia gen U nnu patient perseverance, iu
spite OF sncers and scOlfsn we.e Completely suc-
ces.ful, tiat iced, who had Uer ne u.HLc cypcri-
| incns on the same snhc-t, and was Unsuccessful,
imgnei that lie h1d the best ii h TIT e inyeu.iun
aiieF purchasing one % more CO uplanal.'s Tor
pedOcs hc Applied On tho lst Of AoycmLer lsEt
Tor pltrnt ior substuititlly the same comhili
tiUns oil devices and aChug ntaiued in conn ain.
ants patent. On the 10Th ol the same month tna
feepbndehtS iorsneG then-eives into couiptny or
curpOraiOn ca led The Reed Torpedo Cuiipauy .
Ior tue psrpOse ui pirtti1g tie compaiuaui's in.
venton, AMI suppOrfinl the eXpcUsv o litigation
aud thus deiiaud hin Of the ,rAii-. They have Be-.
seyered' even lit the pre- iminury Injunction very
| properly Sotn.el bN tue District Judge
Let cree he cntercG forcompian4ut for A ner,
pelHai hJuhc'ioh Si.1 II dNster appOilted 70 tlht
AL sc;Oan according to the PRAYER Of The bill
| ~ " N-,I 1.i, Judge.
NorE.-The passage referred to b. Judge Crcr II
MS loriner dscis'un Wallace. p. 200 adopted d.
| app ictbie to this cas- WAS as fuluws:
"It IN ueuIlil the isc, when any ynuabls d; scov
cry ia .Iade, or any HOW machine Of gc,at /, i;y l.
invented, t..at tnea'tention Of tlc putLc has LeI
'urued to that suDJcet pt-' ously, aud that nj. ,
| psr-Ons HNe he II milking resc.iicles and rX,i ri
| ments ihlls.puvro an. uleclaniciaus In,y Law
| i some n,lsdIv anticipated in their sd eu alton
| tl' PDss!olity or p'oi"oliiy oI such dacpvery o