Brawley v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The court found the following facts: 1.The contract set forth in the petition was entered into, as alleged, in pursuance of an estimate made by the proper officer of the quartermaster’s department of the Department of Dakota, and after an .advertisement inviting proposals therefor, and a bid made by claimant and accepted by such officer, which bid was as follows: “ Pembina, D. T., April 14th, 1871. “ Lieut.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The court found the following facts: 1.The contract set forth in the petition was entered into, as alleged, in pursuance of an estimate made by the proper officer of the quartermaster’s department of the Department of Dakota, and after an .advertisement inviting proposals therefor, and a bid made by claimant and accepted by such officer, which bid was as follows: “ Pembina, D. T., April 14th, 1871. “ Lieut. Paul Harwood, “ A. A. Quartermaster, Fort Pembina, D. T.: “ I do hereby agree to furnish, at Fort Pembina, D. T., (880) eight hundred…
1Opinion of the CourtBichardson, J.
The claimant Brawley entered into a written contract with the deputy quartermaster-general, chief quartermaster of the military department of Dakota Territory, bearing date May 6,1871, to sell, furnish, and deliver at the post of Fort Pembina 880 cords of wood, more or less, as should be determined to be necessary by the post-commander for the regular supply, in accordance with Army regulations, of the troops and employés of the garrison of said post for the fiscal year beginning July 1,1871.
The articles of the contract, material to this case, are as follows:
“I. That the said Daniel F.…
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