Bethlehem Steel Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The allegations of the petition are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court : The defendant contends that if the transactions between the Bethlehem Iron Company and the defendant, as set forth in the petition, show merely an infringement by defendant of the rights of the owner of said patented invention, the demurrer in regard to the first question raised by it should be sustained. (Pitcher v. U. S., 1 C. Cls.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The allegations of the petition are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court : The defendant contends that if the transactions between the Bethlehem Iron Company and the defendant, as set forth in the petition, show merely an infringement by defendant of the rights of the owner of said patented invention, the demurrer in regard to the first question raised by it should be sustained. (Pitcher v. U. S., 1 C. Cls. B., 7; McKeever v. U. S., 14 C. Cls. B., 396, 422, 424; Butler v. ü. S., 23 C. Cls. B., 335, 339; Paimer v. TJ. S., 20 C. Cls. B., 432;…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
To the amended petition herein the defendants demur on the ground “ that the allegations of fact in said amended petition contained do not constitute a cause of action against the United States.”
The facts well pleaded are that on March 20, 1894, letters patent were granted by the-United States to one Owen F. Leibert, who, on March 27, 1894, assigned all his right, title, and interest in and to said invention and letters patent to the Bethlehem Iron Company, the immediate predecessor of the claimant company herein (both being corporations…
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