Silver v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

This is an action for breach of contract brought by Ben B. Silver (“Plaintiff”), as executor of the estate of Belle Silver, his deceased sister, against the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Debt (“Defendants”) seeking damages on account of the defendants’ refusal to redeem at face value, plus accrued interest, certain United States Treasury Bonds owned by Belle Silver at the time of her death. The bonds were of a variety known as “flower bonds” because of their unique characteristic providing for…