BATTIN ET AL. v. TAGGERT ET AL.


58 U.S. 74 (1854)

17 How. 74

JOSEPH BATTIN, PATENTEE, AND SAMUEL BATTIN, ASSIGNEE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JAMES TAGGERT, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. JOSEPH BATTIN, PATENTEE, AND SAMUEL BATTIN, ASSIGNEE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. ROBERT RADCLIFFE AND JOHN JOHNSON, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. JOSEPH BATTIN, PATENTEE, AND SAMUEL BATTIN, ASSIGNEE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN G. HEWES, DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued in this court by Mr. Keller and Mr. Dallas, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Mallery, and Mr. St. George T. Campbell, for the defendants in error.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us, on a writ of error to the circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

The action was brought for the infringement of a patent. The jury, under the instructions of the court, found a verdict for the defendant. Exceptions were taken to the rulings of the court, which present the points of law for consideration.

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