Willard, Sutherland & Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter’s statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff is a copartnership composed of Le Baron S. Willard and John E. Sutherland, doing business under the firm name and style of Willard, Sutherland & Company, and is and was engaged in the mining and shipping of coal with its principal place of business in the city of New York and with operating branches in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News, and Boston. II.
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The Reporter’s statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff is a copartnership composed of Le Baron S. Willard and John E. Sutherland, doing business under the firm name and style of Willard, Sutherland & Company, and is and was engaged in the mining and shipping of coal with its principal place of business in the city of New York and with operating branches in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News, and Boston. II. In the spring of 1916 the Navy Department, being desirous of procuring contracts for coal for that department for the next…
1Opinion of the Court
DowNev. Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff seeks to recover the difference between the market value of 1,000 tons of coal delivered to the defendant and the amount it was paid therefor under a contract under which the defendant then contended and nowr contends that it was required to furnish it.
Seeking contracts for coal for the fiscal year 1917, the Navy Department issued a “ schedule ” containing general specifications, notes, etc,, and ten printed forms of proposals bearing different “ class ” numbers, each applicable to a different port or station and each containing…
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