Higgs v. United States

Plaintiffs seek to recover $91,000 paid to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in accordance with a contract by which plaintiffs intended to purchase, and HUD intended to sell, two parcels of realty located in Texas (designated Hampton Place I and II). In response to HUD’s invitation to bid, plaintiffs submitted 'a sales contract prepared by HUD as the bid form. Both the invitation to bid and the top of the first page of the sales contract described or identified the project by number, and as Hampton Place I and II. It is undisputed that both parties at the time of execution…