Court of Appeal.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7073, 20 February 1893, Page 2

Court of Appeal.

[By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 18. Judgmet was delivered to-day in the Court of Appeal in the owe of dtokes v. Davenport. Appellant is a sailtaaker in Ohri-tchuroh, and Davenport and Sons, of Wellington, for infringing his patent for s corrugated iron “ self-adjusting roofing nail,”claiming (1) an account; (2t an injunction. The ease came on before Mr Justice Richmond, who decided in respondents' favour on the ground that the appellant's patent was not a sufficient invention, and ho dismissed too action. The appellant appealed, end the case came on at the lust Court of Appeal; Ois Honour the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Williams gavei judgment in appellant’s favour and Mr • Justice Connolly against. The majority of the Court being in favour of the eppeal, judgment was given for the appellant for (i) an account of profit made since the specifications were amended ; (2) a perpetual injunction restraining the respondents from manu factoring appellant’s nails; (3) a certificate as to the validity of the patent ; (4) costs on the highest scale in the Court of Appeal and as on £SOO in the Court below ; two extra days were allowed. Tbs terms on which an appeal could be made to the Privy Council were deferred until March 2nd,