W. M. Fay, Trading as Borderland Salvage Company v. United States

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in favor of the United States against Fay for $9,254.16 with 6% interest from June 15, 1950, and with $41.-40 court costs. The Fort Worth, Texas, Quartermaster Depot invited written bids for the purchase of certain property upon prescribed terms and conditions. Those pertinent to the present action are quoted in the margin. 1

Fay’s bid was accepted for 31,149 five-gallon drums at $22,486.80; that is sev enty-five cents per drum with some adjustments. A bid bond in the amount of $7,000.00 accompanied his bid. In the letter notifying…