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vention, and had beenconducted for several years, during which time
the partner whom it was attempted arbitrarily to enjoin had aided in
perfecting the invention and invested his capital in the business. It
g was a clear case (as was Slemmerts Appeal) of a dedication of the use
of the invention to the partnership, without limit as to time. But of
any such dedication of Keller’s patent there is a lack of evidence, and
the equity of Pfeil is fully satisfied by the use of the patented appa-
ratus on the Rainbow.
Let a decree be drawn in favor of the plaintiffs, in accordance with
the views expressed in this opinion. » -
UNITED STATES v. Two HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN BOXES OF ARMS, AM-
MUNITION, AND MUNITIONS OF WAR.
UNITED STATES v. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY KEGS OF GUNPOWDER.
(District Court, E. D. Virginia. February 4, 1884.)
NEUTRAL1T? LAWB—VIOLATION or-Hosrrna ExrED1r1oN-Ssrzunn-—FoREErruRE
or MITNITIONS—EVIDENCE—REV. Sr. 9 5283.
The steam-tug Morgan was purchased and repaired at New York, to be sent
to the waters of Hayti and used there to commit hostilities in aid of the late
iusurrectionists against the government of Hayti, with which the United States
are at peace. Shortly before she was to sail, two cannons, with naval carriages,
sundry boxes of Winchester rifles and Springfield muskets, with ammunition,
and 100 kegs of gunpowder, were purchased by the purchasers of the Morgan
and put on hoard a schooner at New York, which had cargo for Richmond,
with orders, on being hailed by concerted signals, to put these munitions off
somewhere near the Virginia capes, on any steamer giving the concerted sig-
nals. The proofs showed that the Morgan was to be the steamer to take these
munitions off the schooner. The Morgan, when about to set outifrom New
York, was seized by the United States marshal on the charge of attempting to
violate the neutralitylaws of the United States, and failed to be at the Vir-
ginia capes to receive the said munitions. The schooner, accordingly, pro-
ceeded on her voyage to Richmond, and on her arrival there the munitions
were seized under a ibel in admiralty for forfeiture, under section 5283, Rev.
St. Held, on the proofs, that the munitions were liable to forfeiture.
This case is a sequel to that of the Mary NZ Hogan, 18 FED. REP. 529
In Admiralty.
Edmund Waddill, U. S. Atty., and Geo. J. Schermerhorn, for the · -
United States. _
A. M. Keiley and J. E. Sudden, for claimant. A
Huenns, J. These are libels of information brought by the United
States attorney, for and in behalf of the United States, against two
cannons, sundry cases of fire—arms and ammunition, and kegs of gun-
powder, found on board the schooner E. G. Irwin, lying in the port of
Richmond, and seized for forfeiture in August last. The two proceed-
. ings are founded upon section 5283 of the Revised Statutes of the United