VAN METER v. UNITED STATES


37 F.2d 111 (1930)

VAN METER v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, W. D. New York.

January 10, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melville Church, Clarence Des Jardins, and C. C. Calhoun, all of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Herman J. Galloway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry E. Knight and Robert H. Young, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Richard A. Grimm, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Buffalo, N. Y., for the United States.


HAZEL, District Judge.

This action at law comes before the court following its decision in equity, holding the Van Meter patent, No. 1,192,475, for parachute apparatus (claim 2 as limited by the disclaimer), valid and infringed by defendants. 27 F.2d 170 (D. C.). A trial with jury has been waived and the facts stipulated upon which the liability of the government is based.

The Irving Air Chute Company, which manufactured the...

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