WILSON v. ROUSSEAU ET AL.


45 U.S. 646 (1846)

4 How. 646

JAMES G. WILSON, PLAINTIFF, v. LEWIS ROUSSEAU AND CHARLES EASTON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Seward, Mr. Latrobe, and Mr. Webster (the two latter dividing the points), on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. Stevens, for the defendants.


Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case come before us on a certificate of division of opinion from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York, involving the construction of various provisions of the act of Congress to promote the progress of useful arts, commonly called the patent act. We shall examine the questions in the order in which they appear on the record. The first is as follows:...

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