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ELECTRIC BOAT CO. v. U.S.

No. 159.

263 U.S. 621 (1924)

ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 28, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dean S. Edmonds and Mr. Frederick P. Fish, with whom Mr. William H. Davis was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harry E. Knight, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lovett and Mr. L.G. Miller, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit upon a contract made between the claimant and the United States on April 2, 1912. The contract, headed "Shop License," recites that the claimant is "owner of the invention known as Steam Generator for Automobile Torpedoes covered by applications," of which it is necessary to mention only one, dated March 29, 1909...

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