E.W. BLISS CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 240.

253 U.S. 187 (1920)

E.W. BLISS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur C. Fraser, with whom Mr. Frank H. Platt was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, and Mr. Daniel L. Morris, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Edward G. Curtis, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

In this suit compensation is sought from the Government for the use which it made of a patented "superheater," in connection with Whitehead torpedoes.

A "superheater" is a device in which fuel is burned in the compressed air which drives the motor by which a torpedo is propelled through the water, so that the air is heated to such a degree that its energy is greatly...

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