Hailes v. Van Wormer

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1874-01-18

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Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court. The sort of stoves known as “ base-burners,” or self-feeding stoves, had been made and they were well known years before either of the complainants’ patents were granted, and it is not asserted that merely as base-burning stdves they arc within the monopoly of the patents.- The inventions claimed are alleg…

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