Legal Opinion
American Elastics, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 20, 1951No. 21799_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a New York corporation doing business in New York City, sued the United States to recover the price it had paid for some war surplus webbing material purchased from the defendant under a written contract, dated December 5, 1944, which will be called the Chicago contract. It sought to have this contract rescinded because of a mutual mistake of the parties in believing that the material was as represented when in fact it was not, or for breach of warranty in the sale of goods by sample and by description. The defendant answered by denying that the material…
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