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BURKE v. UNITED STATES

No. 45611.

67 F.Supp. 827 (1946)

BURKE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

October 7, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archie K. Shipe, of Washington, D. C. (Walter M. Bastian, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

H. L. Godfrey, of Washington, D. C., John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. (John B. Miller and J. F. Mothershead, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and WHITAKER, JONES, LITTLETON, and MADDEN, Judges.

WHITAKER, Judge.

This is a suit by the administrators of the estate of Alexander M. Bunn and William E. Richardson to recover just compensation for the alleged taking of their interests in patents issued on the "M-1 rifle," used by the United States Army and Marine Corps.

Bunn and Richardson were attorneys at law. On August 11, 1919 they entered into a contract with John C. Garand, the inventor of this rifle, under the terms of which Garand contracted to compensate...

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