United States v. Kerr
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
At Law. Action by the LTnited States against Peter Kerr, Thomas Kerr, and P. W. Gifford, copartners trading as Kerr, Gifford & Co. On demurrer to answer.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
This is an action by the government to recover for overpayment made by it to the defendants on account of the sale by the latter to the former of 2,000 tons of oats at $24.25 per ton, and 2,000 tons at $24.50 per ton; the contract providing that the oats -are “to be free from dust and other impurities and to be double sacked with good, strong burlap sacks, not exceeding one hundred and fifty (150) pounds to the sack.” The amount sought to be recovered is $595.22, which is the value of the sacks, computed in weight at the price the oats were contracted for per pound;…
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