CORNING ET. AL. v. BURDEN


56 U.S. 252 (1853)

15 How. 252

ERASTUS CORNING AND JOHN F. WINSLOW, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. PETER A. BURDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Seymour and Mr. Keller, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Stevens, for the defendants in error.


Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

Peter A. Burden, who is assignee of a patent granted to Henry Burden, brought this suit against the plaintiffs in error for infringement of his patent. The declaration avers that Henry Burden was "the first inventor of a new and useful machine for rolling puddle balls," for which a patent was granted to him in 1840, and that the defendants, Corning and Winslow, "made, used...

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