Savage Arms Corp. v. United States

On April 30,1918, appellant entered into a contract with the United States by which, among othér things, it agreed to make and deliver 440,000 magazines for Lewis machine guns, for which the United States agreed to pay $4.24 each. After 24,347 of the magazines had- been delivered, the Chief of Ordnance requested appellant in the public interest immediately to suspend operations under the contract to the extent of 298,000 magazines. Written notice containing this request was sent to the Rochester District Claims Board for delivery to appellant, to whom its purport was communicated by the…