Supreme Court of the United States May 20, 1895, 305 (Boyd v. Janesville Hay Tool Co.)

Mr. Justice Shiras,

after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

' John M. Boyd, the' appellant, filed his application on October 25, 1882, and, after several amendments, letters patent were granted him on June 17, 1884, and numbered as No.

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