Cobb, Blasdell & Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The followiug are the facts found by tlie court: I. In November, 1864, there was a general concentration of troops at Nashville, Tenn., under the command of General Thomas, and this army was increased from day to day by forces collected for a forward movement against the armies of the enemy under command of General Hood, wlio had been, on the 15th and 16th days of December, 1864, defeated near Nashville; and a special command, consisting of about 30,000 cavalry, under…
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The followiug are the facts found by tlie court: I. In November, 1864, there was a general concentration of troops at Nashville, Tenn., under the command of General Thomas, and this army was increased from day to day by forces collected for a forward movement against the armies of the enemy under command of General Hood, wlio had been, on the 15th and 16th days of December, 1864, defeated near Nashville; and a special command, consisting of about 30,000 cavalry, under General Wilson, was making preparations to descend upon the Southern States. The public animals, requiring forage, connected…
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · DavisDavis, J.
This is an action to recover damages for breach of an alleged agreement by the defendants to purchase oats of the claimants. The measure of damages sought to be obtained is the difference between the alleged actual sale of the quantity said to have been refused by the defendants, and the contract price, which the petition charges to have been $216,628.
The contract is- alleged' as a verbal contract, made in an emergency, declared such by General Thomas, and the alleged object of the contract was the supply of General Thomas’s army with forage. This emergency and some contracts said to…
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