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EVANS v. JORDAN & MOREHEAD

13 U.S. 199 (1815)

9 Cranch 199

EVANS v. JORDAN AND MOREHEAD.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 4, 1815.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARPER, for the Plaintiff.

E.I. LEE, and P.B. KEY, contra.

... . TODD,

WASHINGTON, J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

The question certified to this Court, by the Circuit Court for the district of Virginia, and upon which the opinion of this Court is required, is, whether, after the expiration of the original patent granted to Oliver Evans, a general right to use his discovery was not so vested in the public as to require and justify...

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