C. L. Maguire Petroleum Co. v. United States

The defendant demurs to plaintiff’s petition. The allegations of the petition assert a claim arising out of a contract to deliver to the United States 10,000 barrels of fuel oil at $4.0914 per barrel, the oil to be transported in contractor’s tank cars f. o. b. Group Three, Oklahoma, consigned to Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, at Bayway, New Jersey, the plaintiff and the United States being obligated under the contract to equalize freight differentials.

On June 10, 1920, the plaintiff was advised of the immediate need of oil by the New York supply depot and requested by the Government…