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BROWN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 137.

130 U.S. 87 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 437

32 L.Ed. 863

BROWN, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.C. Cole and Mr. A.S. Worthington for appellant.

Mr. Henry E. Davis for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Was a wood pavement "composed of blocks, each side having a single plain surface and one or more of the sides being inclined, and the blocks being so laid on their larger ends as to form wedge-shaped grooves or spaces to receive concrete or other suitable filling," patentable April 5, 1870, in view of the state of the art?

Chambers had, in 1824, described a pavement of pyramidal stones, twelve inches...

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