Legal Opinion
Rumsey Mfg. Corp. v. U. S. Hoffman Machinery Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 29, 1949No. Civ. A. No. 3346PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, Chief Judge.
In May and June, 1945, the defendant U. S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation (hereinafter called Hoffman) placed with the Rumsey Manufacturing Company (hereinafter called Rumsey) three purchase orders for machining an aggregate of 654,500 so-called adapters. The total price to be paid was $187,500. Rumsey was a subcontract- or of Hoffman, the prime contractor with the Navy Department of the United States. These purchase orders were for war materials, and they were subject to the terms and conditions of the prime contract. Under the prime contract, the Navy, as the contracting…
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