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RIFLE & CARTRIDGE CO. v. WHITNEY ARMS CO.

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118 U.S. 22 (1886)

6 S.Ct. 950

30 L.Ed. 53

UNITED STATES RIFLE & CARTRIDGE COMPANY & Others, v. WHITNEY ARMS COMPANY & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic H. Betts and Mr. J.E. Hindon Hyde for appellants.

Mr. B.F. Thurston for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent granted May 7, 1872, to John W. Cochran for an improvement in breech-loading firearms, of which one of the plaintiffs was the owner, and the others were the exclusive licensees. The answer denied that Cochran was the original inventor, and alleged that his application, upon which the letters patent were issued, was made and filed in the Patent Office...

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