Baldwin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters' statement of the case: The contract between the parties on which the suit was brought contained the following provisions: First. That the said John T. Baldwin shall furnish the Quartermaster’s Department IT.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters' statement of the case: The contract between the parties on which the suit was brought contained the following provisions: First. That the said John T. Baldwin shall furnish the Quartermaster’s Department IT. S. Army, at the military post of Fort Sill, Indian Territory, with seven hundred and fifty-six thousand, six hundred and forty-five pounds (756,645 pounds) of good merchantable oats, more or less, as may be required, to weigh 32 pounds to the bushel, during the fiscal year ending June 30,1875, subject to a rigid inspection. Second. That the said John T.…
1Opinion of the CourtBichaedsoN, J.
On the 16th of July, 1874, the claimant entered into a contract with the defendants, through the chief quartermaster of the Military Department of Texas, at San Antonio, to furnish *302tbe military post of Fort Sill, Indian Territory, witli 756,045 pounds of good merchantable oats, more or less, as might be required, during the fiscal year ending June 30,1875. The oats were to weigh 32 pounds to the bushel, and were to be delivered at such times and in such quantities as the receiving officer might require for the wants of the post during the year: Provided, That when the oats should be deficient…
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