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904 PEDEEAL REPORTER. �iff, who became answerable for ita value to the execution creditors. Hunt V. Breading, 12 Serg. & K. 41; Hartlicb v. McLane, 44 Pa. St. 510. Indeed, as respects other creditors, the seizure of goods in execution is said to be a satisfaction, pro tanto, of the plaintifs judgment, unless without fault of his own he is deprived of the fruit of his levy. Duncan v. Harris, 17 Serg. & E. 435; Lyon y. Hamp- ton, 20 Pa. St. 46. �In every point of view I think the prohibitory clause of section 5075 is inapplicable to this case, and I am constrained to dissent from the conclusion of the register. �Andnow, January 31, 1882, the order of the register in this nat- ter is set aside, and it is ordered that the Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company be admitted to make proof of its claim. ���Shedd v. Washbubn and others. {Oireuit Court, D. Massachusetts, January 28, 1882.) �1. Lbtters Patent— Fastbnehs por Shutters — Validitt. �Letters patent No. 166,819, for an improvement in fasteners for shutters, are net invalid for want of novelty. �2. NOVELTT — UtILITY — EXTBNSIVE USE. �Extensive use is, of itself, some evidence of novelty and utility. �In Equity. �Tlios. H. Dodge, for complainant. �John L. S. Roberts, for defendants. �LowELL, D. J. The plaintiff describes and claims in his patent, No. 166,819, an improvement in fasteners for shutters, or blinds, made of wire, and fully shown in the drawings, and by a description which would hardly be intelligible without the drawings. The defend- ants make and sell this precise article ; and the only question in the case is whether the plaintiff has a valid patent, no matter of how limited a scope. In my opinion, he may hold a narrow claim for the very article which he describes. Other fasteners for shutters and blinds had been made of a single piece of wire, but none which had the several elements of his claim similarly combined. The claim is for "a wire blind fastener, having a horizontal spring arm, A', pro- jecting end, G, inclined or brace arm, E', intermediate coil spring, E, and horizontal eye, F ; the same being constructed and adapted to be applied to the blind or shutter, substantially as and for the purposes ��� �