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Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1869

Stimpson v. Woodman

Stimpson v. Woodman. Where a roller in a particular combination had been used before without designs on it,- and a roller with designs on it had also been used in another combination-, it was not a patentable invention to place designs on.

77 U.S. 117 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Little v. Herndon

Little v. Herndon. 1. A defendant, claiming under an Illinois tax-deed, who would avail himself of the statute of Illinois, of February 21st, 1861, setting forth what facts may be shown to establish the invalidity of such a deed, and pre- *

77 U.S. 26 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

Bischoff v. Wethered

Bischoff v. Wethered. 1. A judgment recovered in the Common Pleas, at Westminster, England, against a person in the United States, without any service of process on him, or any notice of the suit other than a personal one served on him in t

76 U.S. 812 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Bourne v. Goodyear

Bourne v. Goodyear. A proceeding to vacate the extension of a patent, of which the extension has expired before the proceeding was begun, has no equity to support it, and cannot be sustained on demurrer. , Appeal from the Circuit Court for

76 U.S. 811 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

Same v. Same

Same v. Same. 1. Where, on a bill by several persons for the infringement of a patent and for an account (the defences being invalidity of the patent and a license), the court sustain the patent, and decree damages, a bill cannot be regarde

76 U.S. 807 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Rubber Co. v. Goodyear

Rubber Company v. Goodyear. 1. "Where a patentee dies, the surrogate of the place where the decedent was domiciled properly has jurisdiction to take probate of his will and issue letters testamentary. 2. "Where several executors are appoint

76 U.S. 788 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Wise v. Allis

Wise v. Allis. 1. In giving notice, under the 15th section of the Patent Act of July 4th, 1836, of the names and places of residence of those by whom he intends to prove a previous use or knowledge of the thing, and where the same had been

76 U.S. 737 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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United States v. Rocha

United States v. Rocha. 1 The eleventh section of the act of March 3d, 1851, to ascertain and settle private land claims in California (9 Stat. at Large, 631), provides that the commissioners created under the act, and the District and Supr

76 U.S. 639 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Irvine v. Irvine

Irvine v. Irvine. 1. When one makes a deed of land covenanting that he is the owner, and subsequently acquires an outstanding and adverse title, his new acquisition enures to the grantee on the principle of estoppel. 2. Where a person has b

76 U.S. 617 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Thomson v. Pacific Railroad

Thomson v. Pacific Railroad. 1. Although, confessedly, Congress may constitutionally make or authorise contracts with individuals or corporations for services to the government; may grant aids by money or land in preparation for and in the

76 U.S. 579 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

Bank of Washington v. Nock

Bank of Washington v. Nock. 1 An agreement made by a contractor about to furnish certain manufactured articles to the government that advances to be made by a bank to enable him to fulfil his contract shall be a lien on the drafts to be dra

76 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

Lynch v. Bernal

Lynch et al. v. Bernal et al. i. The Board of Commissioners created under the act of Congress, entitled “ An act to ascertain and settle private land claims in the State of California,” passed'March 3d, 1851, had jurisdiction of a claim mad

76 U.S. 315 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1869

Secretary v. McGarrahan

The Secretary v. McGarrahan. 1. The Commissioner of the Land Office cannot properly grant a patent under the 7th section of the act of July, 1866, “ to quiet land titles in California,” unless the purchaser bring himself by affirmative proo

76 U.S. 298 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1869

Star of Hope

Star of Hope. 1. To constitute a voluntary stranding of a vessel it is not necessary that there should have been a previous intention to destroy or injure tha vessel, nor is such intention supposed to exist. It is sufficient that the vessel

76 U.S. 203 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1869

Frisbie v. Whitney

Frisbie v. Whitney. 1. Occupation and improvement on the public lands with a view to preemption, do not confer a vested right in the land so occupied. 2. It does confer a preference over others in the purchase of such land by the bond fide

76 U.S. 187 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1869

Bonner v. United States

Bonner v. United States. The United States cannot be sued in the Court of Claims upon equitable considerations merely. Hence the holder of a military bounty-land ' warrant can have no legal right through that court, against the United State

76 U.S. 156 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Railroad Co. v. Smith

Note. About a fortnight after the above reported case was adjudged, there was adjudged another from a different State, and which, as respected the position of parties, was a sort of converse to it; and in its nature somewhat supplementary.

76 U.S. 95 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Railroad Co. v. Fremont County

Railroad Company v. Fremont County. The proviso in the act of May 15th, 1856, to the State of Iowa, for aid in the construction of railroads, which excludes from the grant “ all lands heretofore reserved hy any act of Congress, or in any ma

76 U.S. 89 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

McGoon v. Scales

McGoon v. Scales. 1. A sale of the public land for State taxes while the land is still owned by the United States is invalid. 2. The law of the State in which land is situated, governs its alienation and transfer, and the effect and constru

76 U.S. 23 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1869

Maguire v. Tyler

Maguire v. Tyler. 1. "When the documentary evidence of title produced by a claimant of an incomplete title to land in the territory ceded by Prance in 1803 contains no sufficient boundary lines marking a definite parcel of land so as to sev

75 U.S. 650 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Carpenter v. Dexter

Carpenter v. Dexter. 1. A justice of the peace was not authorized by the laws* of Illinois, in- 1818, to take the acknowledgment or proof, without the State, of deeds of land situated within the State ;.but this want of authority was remedi

75 U.S. 513 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Bennet v. Fowler

Bennet v. Fowler. 1. Whether a given invention or improvement shall be embraced in one, two, or more patents, is a matter about which some discretion must be left with the head of the Patent Office ; it being often a nice and perplexing que

75 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Blanchard v. Putnam

Blanchard v. Putnam. 1. Where, in a suit at law for infringement of a patent, witnesses testify to previous invention, knowledge, or use of the thing patented, the judgment will be reversed unless ah antecedent compliance with the requireme

75 U.S. 420 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Gilbert & Secor v. United States

Gilbert & Secor v. United States. 1. An act of Congress directing the Secretary of the' Navy to enter into a contract with, certain parties, provided it could be done on terms previously offered by the parties, does not, of itself, create a

75 U.S. 358 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion