RAILROAD CO. v. MELLON


104 U.S. 112 (____)

RAILROAD COMPANY v. MELLON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander D. Campbell and Mr. Edward N. Dickerson for the appellant.

Mr. Furman Sheppard, contra.


MR. JUSTICE WOODS, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

It appears from the evidence that railroad locomotive wheels are composed of two parts, — the body of the wheel, called the wheel-centre, and a tire which surrounds it, substantially in the same manner in which the tire surrounds the felloes of an ordinary wagon wheel.

The invention of Mellon relates solely to a method of fastening tires upon locomotive...

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