SOLOMONS v. UNITED STATES

No. 64.

137 U.S. 342 (1890)

11 S.Ct. 88

34 L.Ed. 667

SOLOMONS, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lewis Abraham and Mr. Benjamin F. Butler for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor General for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The case presented by the foregoing facts is one not free from difficulties. The government has used the invention of Mr. Clark and has profited by such use. It was an invention of value. The claimant and appellant is the owner of such patent, and has never consented to its use by the government. From these facts, standing alone, an obligation...

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