Wade v. Lawder

Citations

• 165 U.S. 624
• 17 S. Ct. 425
• 41 L. Ed. 851
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2001

Syllabus

<p>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, or out of the contract, and not under the patent laws; and, if brought in a state court, this court is without appellate jurisdiction to review the judgment unless it appears that a right under the laws of the United States was properly set up and claimed which was denied by the state court.'</p>