Court of Claims, 1937

Allgrunn v. United States

Allgrunn v. United States
Court of Claims · Decided February 8, 1937
84 Ct. Cl. 476; 1937 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 241; 1937 WL 3293

Counsel

Mr. Franle Keiper and Mr. C. B. Des Jardins for the plaintiff. Mr. Francis P. Keiper was on the briefs., Mr. Alexander Holtzof, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General James W. Morris, for the defendant. Mr. C. Hugh Dufy was on the brief.

Allgrunn v. United States

Opinion of the Court

This case was decided on the questions of validity and infringement of the plaintiff’s patent on December B, 1928, on which date the court filed special findings of fact and its opinion holding the patent valid and to have been infringed by the Government, and remanded the case for proof as to the compensation due plaintiff on account thereof. (67 C. Cls. 1.)

The court, upon the entire record, now amends the original special findings of fact by adding thereto the following findings.

XXIII. The plaintiff’s patent is valid, and was infringed by the Government in the way and manner stated in the preceding findings of fact.

XXIV. The reasonable and entire compensation for the infringement complained of is the sum of $56,-*477043.76 with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from July 1, 1919, until paid.

Upon the whole case, the court decided that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the sum of $56,043.76 with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from July 1, 1919, until paid, and entered judgment accordingly.

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