MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONALTY, OF CITY OF NEW YORK v. RANSOM ET AL.


64 U.S. 487 (____)

23 How. 487

THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONALTY, OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. FRANKLIN RANSOM AND UZZIAH WENMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted on a printed argument by Mr. Keller for the defendants in error, no counsel appearing for the plaintiffs in error.


Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs in error were defendants in an action for infringement of a patent, "for a new and useful improvement in the mode of applying water to fire-engines so as to render their operation more efficient."

On the trial, they took some twenty-four exceptions to the rulings of the court in their charge to the jury; but they have not seen fit to appear in this...

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