Agency Canadian Car & Foundry Co. v. United States

Under date of February 14 and of February 23, 1915, the Canadian Car & Foundry Co. (Ltd.), of Canada, contracted to manufacture for the Russian Government 2,500,000 so-called 3-inch shrapnel shells and 2,500,000 so-called 3-inch high-explosive shells. The contracts provided that every shell, whether shrapnel or explosive, should, when completed, consist of a brass cartridge case, a loaded primer, and a propellant charge of pyroxylin powder — the'finished explosive projectiles to be loaded with trinitrotoluol and the shrapnel projectiles with powder, bullets and a mixture of resin. Each…