Legal Opinion
Horowitz v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 16, 1925No. 74PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This action was brought by Horowitz, under the Tucker Act, 1 to recover damages for the alleged breach of a contract relating to the purchase of silk from the Ordnance Department. The petition was dismissed, on demurrer, for failure to state a cause of action. 58 Ct. Cls. 189.
The petition alleges, in substance, these facts: On December 20, 1919, the claimant, a resident of New York, submitted a bid for certain Habutai silk offered, for sale by the New York Ordnance Salvage Board. At that time the “ Chief of the Textile Division of New York City/’ agreed,' “on behalf of such Board,” that the…
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