New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-12
THE COURTS.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
A NUMBER OF INTERESTING CASES DISPOSED Of
MR.. CHAPMAN MUST SUBMIT TO TRIAL
FDIcoN AGAIN SI-sT'AISED
EDISON AGAIN SUSTAINED.

| EDISON AGAIN SUSTAINED.
Washington, Nov lion the application OF At
| torney-General Harmon. the case Of the United
States against the estate of the late Senator stan
the Supreme Court of the United states on Janu,
! airy next One hour additional time Will be granted
each side. making six hours In all
The Supreme Court in an opinion read by Justice
| Brown sustained tie Edison ncandescen light pat
| ent against the claim OF the Consolidated Electric
Light Company, using the Sawyer-Mann system, or
which IL asserted that the Edison system was
infringement The Court said that the claim
made for the SawyerMann patent Of a conductor
composed OF carboniZed fbrous and textile material
was too broad TO sustain the patent. and ii must
therefore be declared invalid. They could not, by
such claim shut out all other investigators into
the field OF vegetable fibre. As matter or fact
the Justice said. Sawyer and Mann had confined
Edison and his assistants had examined eVov artl-
ces in their search. and finally fixed upon the
cucie of species OF bamboo as the best ,hingg
for the eonducor sswyer and Mann a,TD
! ments and had adopted the material used by Edi,
enough to exclude Edisons material and make his
use of 1t an infringement This coud not DC NAM
too broad The sawyer and Mann patent was there
fore invalid, and the judgment Of the court below
The result Of this decision; t is said is to throw
eGh ny ys!Sns n the
sDsTo5 of 5ecG yeI IN I se state
| patent case.
| The application Of counsel for advancement OF
| the appeal Of Elverton r. Chapman. the recalci-
| trant Sugar Trust witness before the Senate IN
! vestlgating Committee. denied. Chapman ap-
piled TO the District of Columbia Court OF Appeals
for a writ OF prohibition to prevent the criminal
| court from proceeding try him upon the lndict-
| ment found against him for refusing 10 testify be
tons Of senators The writ Was denied, and Chap
man appealed the Supreme Court OF the United
! States In view OF the approach or the DAY
fixed for trial in the criminal court, the Supreme
Court was asked to advance the appear rpr ,5
triei from proceedng on December is. as fixed by
Judge Cole on Saturday.
In an opinion rendered by Chief Justice Fuller
the Supreme Court to-day decided that 1t has Juris-
diction over the case Of the United States against
the Bell Telephone Company to cancel the Berliner
| patent which the Cour, Of Appeals for the First
| Circuit decided against the Government Inc teie-
phone company moved to dismiss the appeal FOR the
that unds the Court 81 AP ba no urs
dicton because the case was one ns, inde
mens Of the Court Of Appeals in such cases were ere
made final The United States opposed n hs on IN the
United states in cases where i was Party party, come
! before the Supreme Court for mai decision
Judpe Parker OF the Federal Court. Western
District of Arkansls Is. vindcated In handsome
| manner when Justice Brown dismissed the appeal
| OF Weber Isaacs an Indian convicted of the muir
der OF a white man in the Indian Territory and sen,
! fenced
! SET up SIX errors In the proceedings when. JUS
| fce Brown said were untenable and frivolous
/ The Judgment therefore affirmed
Two customs cases were also disposed Of to-day
! The United States secured judgment in the CIR
chit Court for the Eastern District Of pennsylvania
against George W. Patton for so'$1. lie entered
, an invoice of goods as woollen waste dutiable at
10 cents d pound. but later ii was assessed by the
collector secured wool. dutiable at 90 cents
| mai the entry was made by the Importer with IN
/ tent 10 defraud A suit TO recover the excess re-
suited in a verdict for the Government ana me
! Judgment upon that verdict was affirmed by de-
! cision made by Justice Brown
! In the case Of Som Brothers against DanieI
| Napone Collector of the Port OF New-York, Chiet
Justice Fuller reafirmed the decision of the court
! IN the case Of Robertson against Soloman OSo l.
s. announced by Justice Bradley, tnat oeais 10y
| customs purposes vegetables naDle 70 uussS'
aud moi seeds entitled to free admission Inc JUG
/ rnent in favor of the Government was allfHleu'
The call FOR Tuesday. November L, VIII De d lC.
lows: Nos $50, il3. (and and oS')' D. o. o. 49,
H. 70 and a.