TROY IRON AND NAIL FACTORY v. CORNING ET AL.


55 U.S. 193 (1852)

14 How. 193

THE TROY IRON AND NAIL FACTORY, APPELLANT, v. ERASTUS CORNING, JOHN F. WINSLOW, AND JAMES HORNER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stevens, for the appellants, and Mr. Seward and Mr. Seymour, for the appellees.


Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York.

The appellants are a manufacturing company, incorporated by the laws of the State of New York. They aver, that Henry Burden was the inventor of a new and useful improvement in the machinery for manufacturing wrought nails and spikes, for which letters-patent were...

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