The Floyd Acceptances
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from the Court of Claims. The facts, as found by that court, were thus: Bussell, Majors & Waddell had contracts-for supplies and transportation, to be furnished to the army in "Utah. By tírese contracts, they were to be paid either by the quartermaster at St. Louis,, or by his drafts on the assistant treasurer- of the United States in New York.
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Appeals from the Court of Claims. The facts, as found by that court, were thus: Bussell, Majors & Waddell had contracts-for supplies and transportation, to be furnished to the army in "Utah. By tírese contracts, they were to be paid either by the quartermaster at St. Louis,, or by his drafts on the assistant treasurer- of the United States in New York. In all the contracts,. except one, these payments were to be made 'on the final delivery of the supplies in Utah; but in one contract there was an agreement that partial payments should be made when the trains were, started. In all gases, such…
1Opinion of the Court 1
74 U.S. 666 (____)
7 Wall. 666
THE FLOYD ACCEPTANCES.
Supreme Court of United States.
Messrs. Black, Curtis, and Gooderich, for the appellants.
Mr. Evarts, Attorney-General, and Mr. Dickey, Assistant Attorney-General, contra, contended.
2Opinion of the Court · MillerJustice Miller
The cases before us are demands against the United States, founded upon instruments claimed to be bills of exchange, drawn by Russell, Majors & Waddell, on John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, and accepted by him in that capacity; purchased by plaintiffs before maturity, for a valuable consideration, and, as they allege, without notice of any defence to them.
Mr. Pierce,…
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