CROWN CO. v. NYE TOOL WORKS

No. 240.

261 U.S. 24 (1923)

CROWN DIE & TOOL COMPANY v. NYE TOOL & MACHINE WORKS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence King for petitioner.

Mr. Russell Wiles, with whom Mr. W.H. Dyrenforth and Mr. George A. Chritton were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner raises a question of jurisdiction. It says that the suit does not arise under the patent laws of the United States, but is merely a suit on a contract like one for royalties under a license of which the District Court could not have jurisdiction because the parties are both citizens of the same State. To sustain this...

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