Case Name: MEURER STEEL BARREL COMPANY, INC., v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1937-07-06
Citations: 85 Ct. Cl. 554
Docket Number: No. C-1278
Parties: MEURER STEEL BARREL COMPANY, INC., v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 554–562

Head Matter:
MEURER STEEL BARREL COMPANY, INC., v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. C-1278.
Decided July 6, 1937]
Mr. Emanuel A. Stern for the plaintiff.
Mr. J. F. Mothershead, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General James W. Morris, for the defendant. Mr. E. R. Weisbender was on the brief.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT
The court increased the allowance per barrel over the royalty of- $0.25 per barrel fixed by plaintiff, as appears in the findings. This increase we think is supported by the fact that the lesser royalty fixed by plaintiff was so fixed to avoid the expense of litigation and other factors involved in the same. The plaintiff's patent was a narrow one and did not extend to a patented barrel. See the court's original opinion in 74 C. Cls. 428.