Supreme Court of the United States November 25, 1889, 1198 (Oregon Improvement Co. v. Excelsior Coal Co.)

Mr. Justice Blatchford

delivered the opinion of the court.

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.

The complaint avers that, on the surrender.