Tool Co. v. Norris
Supreme Court of the United States
In July, 1.861, the Providence Tool Company, a corporation created under the laws of Rhode Island, entered into a contract with the ■ Government, through the Secretary of 'War, to deliver to officers of the 'United States, within certain stated periods, twenty-five thousand muskets, of a specified pattern, at the rate of twenty dollars a musket.
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In July, 1.861, the Providence Tool Company, a corporation created under the laws of Rhode Island, entered into a contract with the ■ Government, through the Secretary of 'War, to deliver to officers of the 'United States, within certain stated periods, twenty-five thousand muskets, of a specified pattern, at the rate of twenty dollars a musket. This contract was procured through the exertions of Norris, the plaintiff in the court below, and the defendant in error in this court, upon a previous agreement with the corporation, through its managing agent, that inv case he obtained a contract oj…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
Several grounds were taken, in the court below, in defence of this action; and, among others, the corporation relied upon the proposition ’ of law, 'that. an agreement of the character stated, — that is, an agreement for compensation to procure a contract from the Government to furnish its supplies, — is against public policy, and void. This proposition is the question for the consideration of the court. It arises upon the refusal of the court-'below to give one of the instructions asked.
A suggestion was made on the ai'gument, though not. much pressed, that the instruction involving the…
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