TURRILL v. MICHIGAN SOUTHERN, &c., RAILROAD COMPANY


68 U.S. 491 (1863)

1 Wall. 491

TURRILL v. THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN, &c., RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. B.R. Curtis, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. Keller, contra:


Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

I. Patentee describes his invention as a new and useful improvement in the common anvil or swedge-block, for the purpose of welding up and re-forming the ends of railroad rails, when they have exfoliated or become shattered from unequal wear, occasioned by the inequalities of the road. Having made out a primâ facie case, the plaintiffs rested, and the defendants...

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