Show DRIVEN WELLS an important decision ha has just been rendered at washington relating to what ia is known as the driven well patent which has been several times before the states supreme court and vs which aich lias has always heretofore been sustained this patent vias last monday declared invalid in an opinion by justice blatchford Blatch tord based upon the record in case no 10 andrew green and others against george georg 0 clovey brought to washington by an appeal from the united states circuit court for he the southern district of aws low tho the court holds hat that lie the fact now made to ta appear for the first time in the driven well litigation that the invention was used in public at conland cortland N Y bv others than green more than two year years before application for or patent was made ii is a fact which is fatal to the patents validity the decree of the circuit courtin favor of file he alleged lutringer nove y is is i affirmed |