Wood v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. That William R. Wood, Peter E. Smith, and Elizabeth E. Wyman, executrix of the last will of Shepherd R. Spruill, deceased, claimants herein, are citizens of the United States, residing in Halifax County, in the State of North Carolina, and have always yielded true allegiance to the United States; that they are the sole owners of the claims hereinafter sued on, never having sold or…
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. That William R. Wood, Peter E. Smith, and Elizabeth E. Wyman, executrix of the last will of Shepherd R. Spruill, deceased, claimants herein, are citizens of the United States, residing in Halifax County, in the State of North Carolina, and have always yielded true allegiance to the United States; that they are the sole owners of the claims hereinafter sued on, never having sold or assigned the same, or any part thereof, to any person or persons. II. That on the 21st day of November, 1876, the said…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The facts in this case which have any legal significance are few and brief. The patentees offered their invention to the Light-House Board; the Light-House Board declined to purchase it for the reasons that it was still in a theoretical state; that it had not yet been subjected to any practical test; that they regarded it as too uncertain to warrant their undertaking the risk and cost of practical application.
Nothing further passed between the parties. In the course of time the Light-House Board found, manufactured, and used a device different…
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