Herrman v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff is, and was during the different transactions hereinafter described, a citizen of the United States, residing in the City of New York and doing business under the firm name of Herrman, Sternbach and Company, importing coat and suit linings, known in the trade as Venetians, from Bradford, England, where such goods were exclusively manufactured, and where he…
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff is, and was during the different transactions hereinafter described, a citizen of the United States, residing in the City of New York and doing business under the firm name of Herrman, Sternbach and Company, importing coat and suit linings, known in the trade as Venetians, from Bradford, England, where such goods were exclusively manufactured, and where he maintained a branch office. II. It was a custom of the plaintiff of long standing to purchase large quantities of undyed…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, Chief Justice
The plaintiff was an importer of goods known as Venetians, and in the summer of 1917 had contracted for the purchase of a quantity of these goods from a manufacturer at Bradford, England, and they were held there for plaintiff in their undyed condition. On the 25th day of June, 1918, an officer in the Clothing and Equipage Division of the Quartermaster’s Department, acting under proper orders, addressed a communication to a number of importers and dealers “in Venetians and twills,” including plaintiff, which stated that Army emergency required the taking over of “ all contracts between…
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