Harley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Letters patent No. 100399, dated March 1, 1870, were, by the Government of the United States, duly granted and issued to the claimant, Joseph L. Harley, securing to him a monopoly, pursuant to the laws of the United States, in the invention described in said letters patent. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Letters patent No. 100399, dated March 1, 1870, were, by the Government of the United States, duly granted and issued to the claimant, Joseph L. Harley, securing to him a monopoly, pursuant to the laws of the United States, in the invention described in said letters patent. II. In November, 1869, the Secretary of the Treasury determined that certain valuable securities should not be printed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until proper and reliable registers should be attached to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This case resembles QilVs (25 C. Cls. R., 415) in that “ the claimant was a simple mechanic, on daily wages, holding a subordinate position, charged with no responsibilhy save that of performing honestly his daily task, and his conduct was fair, honest, and. irreproachable.” It also resembles the Gill case in that he was the inventor of an exceedingly valuable device, which the' Government has used many years in its business of engraving and printing; that it was not a part of his duty to make inventions; that his device was made and invented…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gill v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1890
- Boston v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1883
3Cited by3 opinions
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