Legal Opinion
Wright v. Fissell
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided May 10, 1921PublishedCited by 2 opinions
On bill, &c.
1Opinion of the Court
Baokes, Y. C.
This bill is for an accounting of the profits made by the defendant in constructing Camp> Merritt (Tenafly, New Jersey), under a contract with the federal government, and to recover one-half thereof.
The contract, like others, let by the government during the war for the building of cantonments, was on a cost plus ten per cent, profit basis, and it yielded the defendant approximately *509$150,000. The contract was awarded by the war department upon the recommendation of .the emergency construction committee of the council of national defence, upon which committee was imposed the duty…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Trist v. ChildSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Tool Co. v. NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Hazelton v. SheckellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Crocker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- Palace Cafe v. Hartford Fire Ins.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
- Davidson v. Button Corp. of AmericaNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1945