Chavez v. United States

ORDER

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This action came before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to RUSCC 56. Defendant maintained that because plaintiff Richards orally contracted with officers of the United States Department of Agriculture who were not authorized to contract under the program involved in this case, no express or implied-in-fact contract existed.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Tags Richards, claimed that the United States refused to pay for services rendered on an irrigation project in Lincoln County, New Mexico. He asserted that defendant, acting through the Soil…