Case Name: DRAPER et al. v. MORAN, KELLY & CO.
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1860-11-01
Citations: 7 F. Cas. 1060
Docket Number: 
Parties: DRAPER et al. v. MORAN, KELLY & CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 7
Pages: 1060–1060

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,070.
DRAPER et al. v. MORAN, KELLY & CO.
[N. Y. Times.
Nov. 2, 1860.]
Circuit Court, D. New York.
Nov. 1, 1860.
Patents—Novelty—Skirts.
[The Doughty & Draper patent for a “woven skeleton skirt” shows patentable novelty, and is valid.]
[Action at law by James Draper and others against Moran, Kelly & Co. for infringement of patent.)

Opinion:
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
This was a suit brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants for an alleged infringement of letters patent of Doughty & Draper, for what is known as "the woven skeleton skirt." The case was brought to trial yesterday, and a verdict of $2.000 found by the jury against the defendants. The defence set up by the defendants was that the invention was not new, and was not' patentable, and that the patent was void. In all of which the defendants failed, and the patent was sustained by the court and jury.