Garrison v. United States
United States Court of Claims
1. Butler had authority to make the contract. 2. Contract specifies $27 for each gun and bayonet, or such less sum as the Ordnance department had paid, or had contracted to 'pay, to said Garrison. 3. Ordnance department have agreed to pay Garrison $27 for these identical guns. 4. The contract was based on this letter. The agreement was $27, or less, if that letter made it so.
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1. Butler had authority to make the contract. 2. Contract specifies $27 for each gun and bayonet, or such less sum as the Ordnance department had paid, or had contracted to 'pay, to said Garrison. 3. Ordnance department have agreed to pay Garrison $27 for these identical guns. 4. The contract was based on this letter. The agreement was $27, or less, if that letter made it so. The letter does not reduce the sum ; it renders the price certain. 5. The arms were all delivered seasonably. They were of good quality. The date of the voucher does not refer to the date of the delivery of the arms, but…
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, C. J.
This case has its inception in the following order:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, September 10, 1861.
Major General B. F. Butler is hereby authorized to raise, organize, and uniform and equip a volunteer force for the war, in the New England States, not exceeding six (6) regiments of the maximum standard, of such arms, and in such proportions, and in such manner as he may judge expedient; and for this purpose, his orders and requisitions in the quartermaster, ordnance, and other staff departments of the army are to be obeyed and answered, provided the cost of such recruitment, armament, and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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