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Show A petition has been filed in the United States Supreme Court of Tennessee, attacking at-tacking the validity of the patent under which the Bell Telephone Company manages to perpetuate its monopoly. The bill alleges that the patent was obtained ob-tained from the government by 'false suggestions and fraud," and prays that said grant be vacated, repealed and recalled. re-called. The Telephone Company has responded, and the struggle, involving, as it does, millions, promises to be long and bitterly fought. |