Manufacturing Company v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company brought suit in the Court of Claims against the United States on a contract, by which the company had agreed to make and deliver, and the United States had agreed to receive and pay for, all the Lindner carbines, not exceeding six thousand, which the company could make in six months from the 15th day of April, 1863, to be approved and inspected by Major Hagner, and by which for each carbine so inspected and…
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company brought suit in the Court of Claims against the United States on a contract, by which the company had agreed to make and deliver, and the United States had agreed to receive and pay for, all the Lindner carbines, not exceeding six thousand, which the company could make in six months from the 15th day of April, 1863, to be approved and inspected by Major Hagner, and by which for each carbine so inspected and delivered the United States was to pay $20. Immediately after making this contract, the company entered upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
(having recited much as the reporter has given them, the chief points of the findings of the court below) delivered the opinion of the court.
"We think that the statement of this case, as it appears in the main points in the findings of the Court of Claims, is. the best argument in favor of the claimant that can be made. Wo cannot believe there would be any hesitation in holding an individual liable who, after making su.ch a contract as ivas made in this .instance, and requesting such alterations for his own benefit, and Avho, while aware of the increased time necessary, and that the other…
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