Dahlgren v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The soecial act referring tbe claims for the use of the Dahl-gren gun will be found in extenso in the opinion of the court. The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. John A. Dahlgren, the claimant’s intestate, deceased on or about the 12th July, 1870. The claimant was duly appointed administratrix; of his estate, and entered upon and still performs the duties of that trust. II.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The soecial act referring tbe claims for the use of the Dahl-gren gun will be found in extenso in the opinion of the court. The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. John A. Dahlgren, the claimant’s intestate, deceased on or about the 12th July, 1870. The claimant was duly appointed administratrix; of his estate, and entered upon and still performs the duties of that trust. II. While the said Dahlgren was perfecting the inventions described in the complaint, and hereinafter referred to, he was in the service of the United States as…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The statute which sends this case here lays down rules for its trial and the principles which shall govern the court in deciding it.. The act provides:
“That the claim of Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, ás adminis-tratrix of the late Eear-Admiral John A. Dahlgren, for compensation for the adoption and use by the Government of the United States of certain inventions relating to ordnance, made by the said John A. Dahlgren, and for which letters patent of the United States, numbered thirty-two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three (32983) thirty-two thousand- nine hundred and eighty-four (32984),…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cheang-Kee v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Ericsson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1930
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