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CARLTON v. BOKEE

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84 U.S. 463 (1872)

17 Wall. 463

21 L.Ed. 517

CARLTON, v. BOKEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 5, 1872.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.H.B. Latrobe and B.R. Curtis, for the appellant; Messrs. C.F. Blake and C.M. Keller, contra.

Mr. Justice BRADLEY stated the facts and delivered the opinion of the court.

The lamp, as patented to Reichmann, was one of a large number of attempts made about the time to utilize petroleum and its various products for purposes of illumination. The old lamps adapted to sperm oil, lard, and other gross and sluggish oils were unfitted for the use of so volatile and dangerous a substance. In them the flame was set close to...

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