Legal Opinion
Woodbridge v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1923No. 51PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This suit in the Court of Claims was brought under the authority of a special act of Congress of March 2, 1901, 31 Stat. 1788, by which the claim of William E. Wood-bridge, for compensation from the United States for use of his alleged invention relating to projectiles for rifled cannon, for which a patent was ordered issued by the Government, was referred to the Court of Claims to hear and determine, first, whether Woodbridge was the first and original inventor, and, second, to what extent the United States had used it and the amount of compensation which was due in equity and justice…
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