Speed v. United States

Mr. Justice Miller delivered tbe opinion of the court:

The appellee sued in the Court of Claims on a written contract. signed by himself, and by Major Henry C. Symonds,. commissary of subsistence on behalf of tbe United States, by which be agreed, at a fixed price, to slaughter and pack for-the Government fifty thousand bogs at Louisville. The live hogs, the cooperage, salt, and other necessary materials were to be delivered to claimant, and he was to do the work of slaughtering and packing. The Government furnished 17,132 hogs, which were killed and packed, and this service paid for, and…