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 130 FEDERAL REPORTBR. �naturally suggest any inquiry or thought or search concerning tb«> pecuniary condition of Eugene, who did not appear to have any con- nection with the bond and mortgage,"br with the property since the gift of it to his mother. �As all the proceeds of the mortgage went, in fact, into the handa Ci !!Iugene Cammeyer, the bankrupt, except the portion paid for taxes, the plaintifif is entitled to have those flionoys accounted for by the bankrupt in the bankruptcyproceedings. But Lambert, as re- spects his mortgage lien, is eiititled to the 'protection of a honafide encumbrancer without notice to the extent of $850, the sum actually advancedbyhim; and that amOunt, with interest, shouldbe paid him ont of the proceeds of the property, with costs; and judgment may be entered accordingly. ���Barber v. Hallett. �{Circuit Court, D, Massachusetts. April 14, 1879.) �1. Letteks Patent — Cctting Attachments j;ob Skwin<i- Machines — Infrinsk- �MBNT. ", �The flrst, second, and eighth claims of reissued letters patent No. 7,860, for an improvement in cutting attachments for sewing-machines, the distinguish- ing feature of which is the cutting against the edge of the stock in a iine parallel with the line of feed, are infringed by the defendant's machine. �In Equity. �Wright e Brown, for complainant. �Chas. H. Drew, for defendant. �LowELL, C. J. The complainaut is the patentee in reissue No. 7,860, for an improvement in cutting attachments for sewing-ma- chines. The plaintiff, in his specification, declares his invention to consist of a reciprocating knife adapted to trim the edges of leather or other stock while it is being stitched, and in a line that is parallel with the stitching; that before this invention the knife had been reciproeated crosswise or against the side of the stock as the latter is Bupported on the machine, the knife rising and falling and cutting the stock during the downward movement. The mechanism by which this cutting or trimming is performed is described with much full- iless, and a machine such as the complainant makes and sells is exhibited. ��� �