Silverton v. United States

The several plaintiffs ask for damages for alleged breach of contracts, due to defendant’s failure to deliver the number of mattresses which the plaintiffs claim the defendant was obligated to deliver under their several similar contracts with the Office of Surplus Property, Department of Commerce.

*242Under Rule 9 (a) the hearings have been limited to the claim of A. Allan Silverton, doing business under the name of A. A. Silverton & Company, who will be referred to as plaintiff.

About September 21, 1945, the Office of Surplus Property sent circulars to dealers in rags and waste materials offering…