Maguire & Co. v. United States

The Maguire Company filed its petition, under the Tucker Act, to recover from the United States for the alleged breach of a contract made by the Surplus Property Division of the War Department for the sale of a certain quantity of waterproof duck. The Court of Claims, on its findings of fact, dismissed the petition. 59 C. Cls. 575. And the case was brought here by appeal under § 242 of the Judicial Code, prior to the Jurisdictional Act of 1925.

The basis of the Company’s contention is that it purchased, pursuant to an' advertisement by the Surplus Property Division, certain material listed as…