Giles v. Heysinger

Citations

• 150 U.S. 627
• 14 S. Ct. 211
• 37 L. Ed. 1204
• 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2411

Syllabus

<p>When, in a suit in equity for the infringement of letters patent, the court helow makes an interlocutory decree in plaintiff’s favor, and then entertains a motion for a rehearing and receives affidavits in support of it, and denies the motion, this court does not feel itself at liberty to con-' sider those affidavits.</p> <p>íhe first claim in letters patent No. .218,300, issued August 5, 1879, to William Mills and Christian H. Hershey, for an improvement in hair-t crimpers, viz.: “ A hair-crimper consisting of a non-elastic metal core C, and braided covering A, said covering A being cemented to’said core C throughout its entire length, substantially as' described,” is void for want of novelty.</p>