[DOWNLOAD] "Turrill v. the Michigan Southern" by United States Supreme Court * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Turrill v. the Michigan Southern
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1863
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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THIS was a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Michigan. The action was trespass on the case brought against the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad to recover damages for the alleged infringement of a patent; the defence having been want of originality in the invention. The patent, which was granted originally to one Cawood, dated September 9th, 1856, was for ""a new and useful improvement in the common anvil or swedge-block, for the purpose of welding up and re-forming the ENDS of railroad rails when they have exfoliated or become shattered from unequal wear, occasioned by the inequalities of the road; six inches or so of the extreme end of the rail being frequently destroyed, while the remainder is perfectly sound."" The schedule ran as follows: