The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-23
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIrv

"A write with aifchlty can only state the con
CluSons 10 Which my mind lus Co.ne attUI "a carclu
examination OF this case.
tne com l1iuInt has exhibited u patent dat 4
25tu Of Apul, loh0 ms l. prllnn faic evidence ut
u good tit.c an puts On tie respOnd,nt- The bur.
dua of pro' tlIaI the patent is void or worthless
l necd not rvp,nt lis enlaGks in TIE case of Good.
year VI. Day e. wall q. c. kcp; ga but now
adopt thom alUrdin- rule o decision wnieA a,.-
p,iC- ,a'ly 10 t.c D. eseni csse.
As rae infringement Ci The patent ia admitted,
the OH question will be rs 10 the Ntliut, Oh com.
piainaits patenG U, Apri -, 1888.
at sas after speculation had been reduced to
prOc. fVc," and after repeated SptImens tat the
comp dinat s,loceeIed ia overcoming he lIljuduc
aud II ORANGE ul the people Cu th, subject and
porsa;A ug The pupiic tI lis invention was useuil:
aer lie had established IT, gieit uilt, and y,lu.
eEu ""iien MS geliu and patient perseverance, IN
spite o. snret- and scOa-,n wclr completely s.,c.
ces iul, taat Reed, who lad uciu.c made Syuati
mems Q 4 the SAME sunlc-t, ana wls unsncct-~iul
nn1GineJ tiat lc hid the HCaI iLt tOtAe eiuyculUu
d an rpurclasug One u. inulu COMPLAINANT Tor
pedDc; he applied ON the 1t oi Nuyt mber. lsS.
Tor fatynt iIr substantially the saiae cuml ina
tiUn- ol devices and achLc contained in coup ain
aHs latent. ON the l5th o! the same inuuin the
resput dent> formed themselves iu;oA company or
UutpOiaion called The Reed Torpedo Company
for tut purpOs, Of Iirat, the Culilalaipntis in.
veuttn, AMI sllpp 'rtinE the expense ta litigation
AID Us deir;l,Id him Of the r,nt. They huvc urf
'ev"nii' even 'ittr the Preliminary Ijuncliun very
prop.ily granted by the District Judge
Lci i.dgcreG Dc entered Tor complainant for n per.
petuJ 5nJunction. and a jaster nppc,niud 10 tase
Al a.touh, according 10 tne prayer Of the bu
IL. {. GIu lLh, Judge.
NoT.--rhe passage referred to BY Judge Gricr in
his riner 'c-'ol, . Wallace, p. z9J adopted us
appi ,aiie TO This cas-; WAS us follows:
at Is Usually the case when any valuable di.cny-
cry is vadc, or any hew n1acLe Of great uiiity il
lnyetcd, llat tGcatteutiun of the public has Ieen
turned to that subject previously, and that lur.v
IIer-ous have been makiLg researches and ex,,ri
meats. IhiusUpIvrs ana mcchaniciais may az.
III some M aslIrc anticipated in their SD ati,ua
..ic Ds-Uty or probability vi such ti.r,Irty mr.
nN,ntiOu; many experiments have been src,.s A.
~ ilied, coming Neiy near YET Ealing short Of the
desired result. They have produced noilEg lcnr.
lciaL The invenlii, wtler ne 'cctcd NAV lrn V h,
said 10 he the eliminating pOui uI many exi,e,i
mon :, mi IN by the Inventor bus by upUv oti,.
i.e may liav, iroiited inllecly ny lhe iInIc
cessiul experiments and failures Of cther., but !,
gives item Iiet TO cam u shure OF the hr NOR n
specuiaca has been rcduc, To practice wien o.,
periu4ct ia resulted In ul-cOgcry i!!l when ~ n,
III covcry has been perfected plticut anu cOrtiu
ued experiments, when some new cUtlDOlnl, art
marnl9c'iio, or maenine has been thu piudCc e,
Whlc Is useful 10 ,c plbic t'ilt the party mn kim
BECOMES apublic ben factor and tled 20 "A aren't
and yet when eeuInA aud pilitn perseverance,
nave AT length succeeded, in sbie OF ,ers ana
seohs, some w liable invention or Gjsco~e,y how
seldom is IL followed by reward Envy rob, him
o. the h"nor, Nhhe speculatoss, swind!es, and pi.
'aies rob MIN Of The profits livery uu8ucceqsiul
eApeiimener who DID or did or dia not come y,ry
near milking 1t discovery now claims il. Every ons
who can invent al improvement or vary it's h,r,n
claims q right to piiae the original discovery w
need not sunn5ns Morse or Blanchard or Wonl
ry great discovery or invention.
''Ihc present case a1ds another chapter to this
long ana Uniform history.M-2 v a.lace, Z. q Na.
ports y sg3