Fearson v. United States

Booth, GMef Justice,

delivered the opinion:

The plaintiff purchased and paid for certain elliptical steel tanks located in building #11 at Federal Park (Perry-ville), Maryland; he was required under his contract to purchase, dismantle, and move the same within a 50-day period, without injury to the premises. As a guaranty of satisfactory performance he deposited a certified check for $1,000 in place of a bond.

■The four elliptical tanks had been constructed for the storage of ammonia nitrate; the skeleton steel structure in which they were built was designed for no other purpose than to house…