United States v. Barlow
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This action is brought by the United States to recover from the defendants, subcontractors for carrying the mail, moneys paid to them under a mistake of fact caused by their false representations as to the services. It .appears that on the 15th of March, 1878, one Luke Toorhees entered into a contract -with the United States, represented .by the Postmaster General, to carry the mail over a route designated as No. 38,146, from Garland to Ouray, in the State of Colorado, passing by Lake City and several other placés mentioned, and back, seven times a week, for $19,000 a year, for a term…
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