Pacific Submarine & Earthquake Proof Wall Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: This case the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The following are the facts as found by the court so far as they relate to the points decided. I. The claimant is a corporation, organized under the laws of California May 13, 1870. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: This case the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The following are the facts as found by the court so far as they relate to the points decided. I. The claimant is a corporation, organized under the laws of California May 13, 1870. II. June 29,1869, the letters patent were granted to William H. Foye, the claimant, subsequently assigned to the claimant, of which the following are the specifications thereof: “The nature of this invention consists in facilitating the construction of submarine walls, such as dry-docks, foundations of…
1Opinion of the CourtScoeield, J.
The claimant, a corporation under the laws of California, and owner of the Foye patent, sues the United States to recover, upon an alleged implied contract, the sum of $23,470, as royalty for the use of the patent in the construction of the branch mint in San Francisco.
The patent covers a system of iron bonding, designed to so strengthen walls of masonry as to enable them to withstand the shocks of earthquakes. It consists, first, of parallel iron rods inclosed longitudinally in the walls; second, of transverse iron bars lying upon and fastened at the crossing to the longitudinal rods; and,…
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