Eppes v. United States

Campbell, Ghief Justice,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before the court upon defendant’s demurrer to the amended petition. The allegations are that plaintiff in February, 1918, entered into a contract with one B. L. Hamner, “ who was a prime contractor with the Government,” a copy of the contract being attached to the petition. This provided that the plaintiff would put in condition and plant 200 acres of land with castor bean seed to be furnished by Hamner, and that the crop would be cultivated as directed. Hamner agreed to buy the castor beans produced during 1918 from seed…