Burke

The following will show the conclusions that have been reached on the issues presented in this ease. It does not include an extensive discussion of the evidence, or of the patent law. The writing of long opinions by trial judges, in my view, is not of great benefit to the legal profession, for such opinions furnish no binding precedents and only serve to clutter up the printed reports unnecessarily. Besides this, the great congestion of the work in this court, and the constant pressure of counsel for quick decisions, makes it seem undesirable that a district judge should expend labor in an effort to produce a comprehensive statement which will be entitled to be classed as useful legal literature. A judge of the highest court in the land recently stated:

After a trial, the duty of the judge is best discharged by furnishing counsel with a statement of his conclusions only, clearly expressed, so that the findings to be made are plainly indicated. What follows is constructed with that end in view.

Plaintiffs sue for alleged infringement of Patent No. 1,579',753, issued April 6, 1926, described as pertaining to drilling mechanism of oil well rigs. In its use the device is made…