Legal Opinion
Van Meter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 5, 1931No. 110, 164PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
This suit was tried, without the intervention of the jury, before the court. Title 28, U. S. Code, § 773 (28 USCA § 773). Special findings were made and a judgment entered for plaintiff below for $46,137.50.
Plaintiff was granted patent No. 1,192,-479, on July 25, 1916, on an application filed March 27, 1911, for a parachute apparatus. After July 25, .1916, plaintiff became an officer of the United States Army and continued as such, attached to the air service, at the trial of the action. As an officer in the United States Army, he could not sue the United States in the…
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