Samuel Blatchford

“ To review this judgment the defendant has brought a writ of error. There is a bill of exceptions, which states that the plaintiff read in evidence, without objection, the reissued patent, a copy of the specification of which with the drawings is set forth, and put in other evidence tending to show its right to recover damages; that the defendant, 'to sustain the issues on its part,' offered in evidence a duly-certified copy of the original patent, a copy of which, with the drawings, is set forth ”

“ This is an action at law, brought by the Excelsior Coal Company, a corporation, against the Oregon Improvement Company, another corporation, in the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of California, for the infringement of a reissued patent. ”