Myers v. Groom Shovel Co.

Citations

• 141 U.S. 674
• 12 S. Ct. 108
• 35 L. Ed. 898
• 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2560

Syllabus

<p>Letters patent No. 208,258, granted September 24, 1878, to Henry M.'Myers for an “ improvement in handle sockets for shovels, spades and scoops ” are void for want of novelty in the alleged invention covered by them,, that invention having been anticipated by the “ Ames California spade.”</p>