Adams v. United States

On the 2d June, 1862, the Navy Department published an advertisement inviting proposals for “ blue woollen knit undershirts and drawers” to supply the navy yards at Charlestown and Brooklyn, to be delivered in such quantities of either as the chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing might order, for the year commencing the 1st July, 1862.

The claimant and his partner, who has since deceased, by their agents proposed to furnish these articles at a stipulated price. Their proposal is dated the 23d of June, 1862, and was accompanied by a written guarantee, with sureties, that if their bid…