Rosenfield v. United States

Plaintiffs ask judgment for $12,016.53, with interest, as just compensation for the alleged cancellation of a contract which they claim they had with the defendant for the manufacture of 30,000 pairs of woolen trousers for the United States Army. The amount claimed is based upon expenditures for machinery and equipment claimed to have been made in preparation for the performance of the alleged contract.

Plaintiffs are not entitled to recover because, first, there was no contract, informal or otherwise; secondly, assuming that there was an informal contract there was no appeal to *645the Secretary…