Knabenshue v. United States

The plaintiff, Roy Knabenshue, sues to recover damages for an alleged infringement of his patent #858,875 granted July 2, 1907. The plaintiff’s action having been commenced on January 21, 1929, would have been barred under Section 156 of the Judicial Code. The Congress, however, by an *492act approved May 3, 1928, confei’red jurisdiction upon the court to adjudicate the case irrespective of the statute of limitations. This special act appears in the preamble to the findings. No jurisdictional issue is raised and we need not set it forth again.

Plaintiff in his specifications states that he has…