¶1I regarded the conduct of the defendants, as disclosed on the trial, as peculiarly aggravated, and find no reason for changing my opinion. The damages ought to be increased by a sum sufficient to cover the expenses of the trial, and something more, for the time and trouble of .the plaintiffs. Let the damages be increased to $7,500.
19 F. Cas. 97
Peek v. Frame
U.S. District Court
Decided October 26, 1871
U.S. District Court · decided 1871-10-26
[Motion for increase of damages in an action at law. [Suit brought upon letters patent .for an “improved machine for sawing thin boards,” etc., granted to John Myers and Robert G. Eunson, May 23, 1854 [No. 10,905] and extended for seven years from May 23, 1868. The plaintiffs [Eben Peek and -Gilbert J. Bogert] were the owners of the patent for that part of the city of New York lying west of Broadway and Eighth avenue.
Decided 1871-10-26