PROUTY AND MEARS v. RUGGLES ET AL.


41 U.S. 336 (____)

16 Pet. 336

DAVID PROUTY AND JOHN MEARS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. DRAPER RUGGLES ET AL., DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted to the Court on printed arguments by Mr. Choate, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Dexter, for the defendants.


The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is brought here by a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts.

The action was instituted for the purpose of recovering damages for an infringement of a patent, which the plaintiffs had obtained for an improvement in the construction of the plough.

The invention is described...

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