THE PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAILROAD CO. v. STIMPSON


39 U.S. 448 (1840)

14 Pet. 448

THE PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. JAMES STIMPSON, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Coxe, and Mr. Southard, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. J.R. Ingersoll, for the defendant.


Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to the judgment of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, rendered in an action brought by Stimpson, the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, for a violation of a patent right granted to him for a new and useful improvement in the mode of turning short curves on railroads.

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