Roemer v. Bernheim

Citations

• 132 U.S. 103

Syllabus

<p>The granting or refusal, absolute or conditional, of a rehearing in equity, rests in the discretion of the court, and is not a subject of appeal:</p> <p>After a suit in equity for the infringement of a patent has been heard and decided in favor of the defendant on the merits, the plaintiff cannot put in evidence a disclaimer, except at a rehearing granted by the court, upon such terms as it sees fit to impose.</p> <p>Letters patent No. 208,541, granted to William Eoemer, September 1, 1878, for improvements in locks for satchels, are void for want of novelty.'</p>