Jones v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clieeor'd
Time is usually of the essence of ' an executory contract for the sale and subsequent delivery of goods, where no right of property in the same passes by the bargain from the vendor to the purchaser; and the rule in such a case is,-that the purchaser •is not bound to accept and pay for the goods, unless the same-are delivered or tendered on the day specified in the contract. Addison, Contr. 185 ; Gath v. Lees, 3 H. & C. 558; Codding ton v. Paleologo, Law Rep. 2 Exch. 196.
Articles of agreement were'' made June 1, 1864, between an • assistant-quartermaster of the army and the petitioner, who…
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