WHITE v. DUNBAR


119 U.S. 47 (1886)

WHITE v. DUNBAR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 15, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William G. Henderson for appellants. Mr. Joseph P. Hornor, Mr. F.W. Baker, and Mr. C.H. Joyce were with him on the brief.

Mr. Melville Church for appellees. Mr. Joseph B. Church was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit on a reissued patent. The appellees obtained a patent dated June 20th, 1876, for a method of preserving shrimps and other shell-fish by placing them in a bag or sack made of cotton, muslin, or other textile fabric, and then sealing them up in a metallic can, and subjecting them to a boiling process. In their specification they declare that the object of placing the shrimp in the bag is to keep...

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