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THE TROY IRON AND, NAIL FACTORY v. GEORGE ODIORNE ET AL.

58 U.S. 72 (1854)

17 How. 72

THE TROY IRON AND NAIL FACTORY, APPELLANT, v. GEORGE ODIORNE, JR., AND FRANCIS ODIORNE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. George T. Curtis for the appellants; no counsel appearing for the appellee.

Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court.

Henry Burden obtained a patent, in 1840, for a machine to make hook-headed spikes. He applied for the patent on the 18th of April, 1839. It was assigned to the Troy Iron and Nail Company, who filed a bill against the Odiornes, to enjoin them, and for an account for using a machine to make similar spikes; and which machine, it is alleged, infringed the monopoly secured to...

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