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Electric Gas-Lighting Company v. Tillotson, 1891 — 139 U.S. 503 · caselaw · US
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Electric Gas-Lighting Company v. Tillotson
139 U.S. 50335 L. Ed. 261·Supreme Court of the United States·1891
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Opinion
Electric Gas-Lighting Company v. Tillotson.
Appeal'from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
No. 235.
Argued March 20, 1891.
Decided April 6, 1891.
Mr. Edward P. Pay son and Mr. Edwin H. Broivn for appellant.
Mr. John E. Abbott and Mr. John L. S. Roberts for appellee.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Blatcjheokd]
Mr. Justice Blatcjheokd
delivered the opinion of the court. This suit is founded upon the same reissue, No. 9743, considered in No. 232, Electric Gas-Lighting Co. v. Boston Electric Co., just decided. The case was heard by Judge Wheeler, who dismissed the bill, holding that claims 2 and 5 of the reissue were invalid. 21 Fed. Rep. 568. It having been stipulated that, if the decree in No. 232 is affirmed, the decree in No. 235 shall be affirmed without costs to the appellee, and the decree in No. 232 having been affirmed, the decree in No. 235 is
Affirmed, without costs to the appellee.