MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the above statement of the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
It is conceded that a contract must be established to entitle appellants to recover, and, it is contended, that one is established by the correspondence between the Ordnance Department and Russell in regard to the use of the "Army rifle," which, it is claimed, contained features of Russell's invention. That is, not an express contract is claimed, but an implied contract...
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