Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co. v. United States

The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, invited bids for supplying coal at different places, one of them being the naval training station at Great Lakes, Illinois. The prescribed form upon which the proposals were to be made and its accompanying conditions, and the general specifications which also went along with the form of proposals, were elaborately drawn. It seems manifest that they were not drawn with reference to fuel alone, but covered other subjects. The Paymaster General of the Navy, who -was also Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, issued the invitations for…