Carroll v. United States

The Treasury Department having called for bids for furnishing designated electrical equipment to be used in connection with other electrical machinery at the sanatorium, Fort Stanton, New Mexico, the plaintiffs made a proposal to supply same for $1,400. Their bid was accepted upon *409conditions stated in the letter of acceptance. They shipped the machinery and after its arrival at destination it was found upon inspection to have defects which, except in one particular, need not be detailed. This exception is that the flywheel, or some of its spokes, was broken. The plaintiffs sought to supply…