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SEYMOUR ET AL. v. McCORMICK

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57 U.S. 480 (1854)

16 How. 480

14 L.Ed. 1024

WILLIAM H. SEYMOUR AND DAYTON S. MORGAN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CYRUS H. McCORMICK.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 26, 1854.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Gillet, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Stevens and Mr. Johnson, for the defendants in error. There was also a brief filed by Mr. Selden, for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff below, Cyrus H. McCormick, brought this action against the plaintiffs in error, Seymour & Morgan, for the infringement of his patent right. The declaration consisted of two counts.

The first alleged that the plaintiff was the true and original inventor of certain new and useful improvements in the machine for reaping all kinds of small grain, for...

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