Note 83 — Chapter III · THE LAW OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS (II)
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Id. See also Herdic v. Roessler, 109 New York, 127 (1888); Hill and Co. Lmtd. v. Hoover, 220 U.S., 329. “Where a suit is brought on a contract of which a patent is the subject matter, either to enforce such contract, or to annul it, the case arises on the contract and not under the patent laws.” Hartell v. Tilghman, 99 U.S., 558. See also Dale Tile Mfg. Co. v. Hyatt, 125 U.S., 46 (1888).