Coconut Plantations Co. v. United States

The facts are fully set out in the findings of the court. After preliminary negotiations leading up to a contract, during which negotiations it was understood that the plaintiff would furnish a bond for $51,000 to insure deliveries on October 17, 1918, a formal contract embodying the previous' negotiations and the previous order was sent to the plaintiff. The plaintiff delayed in executing the contract and furnishing the bond until the 8th of November, when the Government, it being apparent that the armistice was soon *149to be signed, wired plaintiff declining to carry forward the contract and…