Legal Opinion
Chemicals Recovery Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 8, 1952No. 49500PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Madden, Judg.e,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Chemical Corps of the War Department in October 1947 had for sale some 6,500,000 M5 protective ointment kits, left over from World War II. The contents of these kits were for the protection of soldiers against poison gas. The plaintiff was invited to bid for the kits, but its bid was rejected as being too low. Then, on November-7, 1947, the plaintiff was invited to- submit a proposal on the basis of which a contract might be negotiated. The plaintiff offered $70,000 for the lot. The Government then drafted a contract for the purchase,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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