Nason Coal Co. v. United States

The plaintiff, a Delaware corporation, is a coal-selling agency, representing an Illinois coal corporation, which owns and produces coal from its coal mines in Illinois.

On May 31,1922, the quartermaster supply officer, U. S. A., Chicago, Illinois, issued a printed circular soliciting pro- .. posáis “ for furnishing fuel for use of Army stations during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1921, and ending June 30, 1922.” On June 9, 1922, plaintiff submitted a written proposal to furnish from its Empire mine at Virden, Illinois, for the Army post at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1,500 tons of mine-run…