Nock v. United States
United States Court of Claims
This case comes before the court upon a joint resolution of Con gress, approved June 25, 1866, referring the claim to be decided by this court upon the principles of equity and justice, thus obviating some of the objections made by this court upon a former hearing of this cause as to its jurisdiction.
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This case comes before the court upon a joint resolution of Con gress, approved June 25, 1866, referring the claim to be decided by this court upon the principles of equity and justice, thus obviating some of the objections made by this court upon a former hearing of this cause as to its jurisdiction. The amount of the judgment to be rendered by this court is limited to the sum specified in the report of George F. Comstock, Solicitor of the Treasury, to the Senate, dated December 22, 1852. A fair compensation for the use of Nock’s invention would be the profits he would have made, were he…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This is an action brought to recover $31,583 45 damages growing out of a contract for the manufacture of mail locks, which was made in 1837, by Amos Kendall, Postmaster General.
This case has been tried before, and final judgment therein rendered by the court, whereby it was decided that the claimant’s contract did not bind the defendants, and hence that he could not recover. (1 C. Cl’s’R., p. 71.) The case now comes back to us under a joint resolution of Congress, which is as follows :
“ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United' States of America in Congress assembled,…
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