Penn Chemical Co. v. United States

This action grows out of two orders, dated respectively December 24, 1917, and June 14, 1918, directing the plaintiff to manufacture for the Government the full production of its plant of acetate of lime and wood alcohol. The first order covered the period from the date of the order to June 30, 1918, and the second from July 1 to December 3L 1918. As to each of the orders the price was named for the articles to be manufactured. These orders were issued pursuant to the authority granted by section 120 of the act of June 8, 1916, 39 Stat. 213, known as the national defense act, which authorizes…