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LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD v. KEARNEY

No. 314.

158 U.S. 461 (1895)

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. KEARNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert J. Fisher and Mr. Charles E. Mitchell for appellant.

Mr. Elwood C. Harris for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

Kearney and Tronson applied January 5, 1871, for letters patent for a certain "improvement in spark-arresters for locomotives," which application was rejected on reference to patent to James L. Vauclain, August 20, 1861, and after various amendments was allowed, and the patent issued April 11, 1871. The following is the specification...

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