BUTTERWORTH v. UNITED STATES EX REL. HOE


112 U.S. 50 (1884)

BUTTERWORTH, Commissioner of Patents, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. HOE & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 3, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General as Amicus Curiæ; and for the Commissioner of Patents, plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.C. Bradley for Scott.

Mr. A.J. Willard for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error prosecuted for the purpose of reviewing and reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, awarding a peremptory mandamus commanding the plaintiff in error, the Commissioner of Patents, to receive the final fee of $20 tendered by the relators, and cause letters patent of the United States to R. Hoe & Co., as assignees of Gill, to be prepared and sealed, according...

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