Mason v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims; tho case being thus: On the 7th January, 1862, the chief of ordnance, Gleneral Eipley, by direction of the Secretary of War, made in writing, on behalf of the government, this offer to one Mason, a manufacturer of arms at Taunton, Massachusetts: “ I offer you an order for 50,000 muskets, with appendages, of -the Springfield pattern, on the following terms and conditions, viz.:” [Hero followed a variety of minute specifications as to ' the…
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Appeal from the Court of Claims; tho case being thus: On the 7th January, 1862, the chief of ordnance, Gleneral Eipley, by direction of the Secretary of War, made in writing, on behalf of the government, this offer to one Mason, a manufacturer of arms at Taunton, Massachusetts: “ I offer you an order for 50,000 muskets, with appendages, of -the Springfield pattern, on the following terms and conditions, viz.:” [Hero followed a variety of minute specifications as to ' the character of the muskets, and tho time when they were to be delivered.] “ It is further directed by the War Department that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Parties having claims against the United States for labor or service, or for personal property or materials furnished, which are disputed by the officers authorized to adjust the accounts, may compromise the claim and may accept a smaller suni than the contract price; and where the claimant voluntarily enters into a compromise and accepts a smaller • sum and executes a discharge in full for the whole claim, he cannot subsequently recover in the Court of Claims for any part of the claim voluntarily i’elinquished in the compromise.
Mason contracted to manufacture and deliver 50,000 muskets with…
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