In Re Potts

Citations

• 166 U.S. 263
• 17 S. Ct. 520
• 41 L. Ed. 994
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2021
• 10 Ohio F. Dec. 422

Syllabus

<p>When a decree of the Circuit Court, at a hearing upon pleadings and proofs, dismissing a bill in equity for the infringement of a patent, has been reversed by this court on appeal, upon the grounds that the patent was valid and had been infringed by the defendant, and the cause remanded for further proceedings in conformity with the opinion of- this court, the Circuit Court has no authority to grant or entertain a petition filed, without leave of this court, for a rehearing for newly discovered evidence; and, if it does so, will be compelled by writ of mandamus to set aside its orders, and to execute the mandate of this court.</p>