WESTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. PENNIMAN ET AL.


62 U.S. 460 (1858)

21 How. 460

THE WESTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. GEORGE C. PENNIMAN AND JOHN KING.

Supreme Court of United States.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us by an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland.

The Western Telegraph Company, a corporation incorporated by the States of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, have filed their bill against George C. Penniman and John King, citizens of Maryland, and charges them with the violation of the patented rights of the Western Telegraph Company,

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