Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia: (general Term,) at the April and September Terms of 1873 [to the September Term, 1879, Inclusive], Volume 9W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1877 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... et al Alexander vs. Dennison et al Allen et al . vs. Bayliss et al .. Amidon et al . Wood et al . vs .. Augenstein , in re ............... . Austin vs. Fendall et al A. Page . 342 563 180 224 322 362 B. Ballard Pavement Company vs. Mandel ...
... et al Alexander vs. Dennison et al Allen et al . vs. Bayliss et al .. Amidon et al . Wood et al . vs .. Augenstein , in re ............... . Austin vs. Fendall et al A. Page . 342 563 180 224 322 362 B. Ballard Pavement Company vs. Mandel ...
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... et al . vs. Lanahan et al 308 197 Creswell et al . Hartley vs. . . . . 495 484 Creswell et al . vs. Savings Bank . 333 Creswell et al . vs. Williams et al .. Cullinane . Cramer vs ... et al . Linville vs 329 Howard VI TABLE OF CASES .
... et al . vs. Lanahan et al 308 197 Creswell et al . Hartley vs. . . . . 495 484 Creswell et al . vs. Savings Bank . 333 Creswell et al . vs. Williams et al .. Cullinane . Cramer vs ... et al . Linville vs 329 Howard VI TABLE OF CASES .
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... et al . Linville vs 329 Howard et al . Holden vs. Stickney et al Holtzman vs. Castleman et al .. Holtzman vs. Robinson et al .. Grant vs .. 141 555 520 235 Hull vs. Commissioner of Patents 90 Humason . District of Columbia vs .. 158 ...
... et al . Linville vs 329 Howard et al . Holden vs. Stickney et al Holtzman vs. Castleman et al .. Holtzman vs. Robinson et al .. Grant vs .. 141 555 520 235 Hull vs. Commissioner of Patents 90 Humason . District of Columbia vs .. 158 ...
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... et al . Johnson vs. Ormes et al . Burnstine vs " Otterback vs. Brown Ould et al . vs. Reddick et al ... Page . 168 219 541 244 P. Pabst vs. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company . 42 Painter vs. Drane et al ... ...... .. 163 Parker et al .
... et al . Johnson vs. Ormes et al . Burnstine vs " Otterback vs. Brown Ould et al . vs. Reddick et al ... Page . 168 219 541 244 P. Pabst vs. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company . 42 Painter vs. Drane et al ... ...... .. 163 Parker et al .
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... et al . Peters vs ... Sweeny et al . Carrington et al . vs. Page . 516 68 T. Thompson et al . Smith vs 291 Tuohy vs. Martin et al 572 U. United States , & c , vs. Donohue et al 214 United States vs. May ... 512 United States vs. Parker ...
... et al . Peters vs ... Sweeny et al . Carrington et al . vs. Page . 516 68 T. Thompson et al . Smith vs 291 Tuohy vs. Martin et al 572 U. United States , & c , vs. Donohue et al 214 United States vs. May ... 512 United States vs. Parker ...
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Page 407 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 300 - ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence.
Page 106 - Whenever a patent on application is refused, either by the commissioner of patents or by the supreme court of the district of Columbia upon appeal from the commissioner, the applicant may have remedy by bill In equity; and the court having cognizance thereof, on notice to adverse parties and other due proceedings had...
Page 376 - ... setting forth his place of residence, his inability to pay all his debts in full, his willingness to surrender all his estate and effects for the benefit of his creditors...
Page 152 - And the thing invented or produced, for which a patent is given, is that which gives a peculiar or distinctive appearance to the manufacture, or article to which it may be applied, or to which it gives form. The law manifestly contemplates that giving certain new and original appearances to a manufactured article may enhance its salable value, may enlarge the demand for it, and may be a meritorious service to the public.
Page 511 - ... hereafter created against the State under any agreement or contract made without express authority of law; and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts shall be null and void: Provided, the General Assembly may make appropriations for expenditures incurred in suppressing insurrection or repelling invasion.
Page 395 - The High Contracting Parties hereby engage to consider the decision of the Commissioners as absolutely final and conclusive upon each claim decided upon by them, and to give full effect to such decisions without any objection, evasion, or delay whatsoever.
Page 547 - If there be no express promise, but a promise is to be raised by implication of law from the acknowledgment of the party, such acknowledgment ought to contain an unqualified and direct admission of a previous, subsisting debt, which the party is liable and willing to pay. If there be accompanying circumstances, which repel the presumption of a promise or intention to pay; if the expressions be equivocal, vague, and indeterminate, leading to no certain conclusion, but at best to probable inferences,...
Page 26 - Whenever an application is made for a patent which. in the opinion of the commissioner, would interfere with any pending application...
Page 46 - When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence. And whether the consideration for such transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, the personal safety of the passengers should not be left to the sport of chance or the negligence of careless agents. Any negligence, in such cases, may well deserve the epithet of 'gross.