Legal Opinion
United States v. Blair
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1952No. 4315_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought this suit against Hugh H. Blair, doing business as Blair Surgical Supply, to recover the difference between Blair’s bid of $100.50 on a lot of gas masks sold at public auction by the War Assets Administration, and a bid of $1,542.00 by another party which was overlooked when the bids were tabulated and the property awarded to Blair. The complaint is in two counts: first, for a conversion of the property after the mistake was discovered and the -bid canceled; and second, upon a subsequent oral agreement to pay the difference between the two…
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- Levinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Lott v. DelmarSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
- Kivett v. Owyhee CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1937
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