Purity Cross v. United States

The petition alleges that the plaintiff and the United States through its authorized representative, on November 8, 1918, made and entered into an agreement whereby the plaintiff agreed to manufacture, produce, and deliver to the United States during each of the months of January, February, and March, 1919, 600,000 one-pound cans of corned-beef hash, and that the United States agreed to accept the delivery of the corned-beef hash for the three months aforesaid and to pay plaintiff therefor in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

It is further alleged that upon the faith of the said…