Grant v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court' of Claims; iu which court Grant, for himself, and as assignee of one Taliafero, a former partner, had filed a petition claiming reimbursement and damages from the United States.
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Appeal from the Court' of Claims; iu which court Grant, for himself, and as assignee of one Taliafero, a former partner, had filed a petition claiming reimbursement and damages from the United States. The casé was this: On the 9th of March, 1860, the Secretary of War, at that time Mr. Floyd, addressed an order to the Quartermaster-General arid Commissary-General of Subsistence, granting to the said,.Taliafero and Grant the privilege of furnishing. and delivering, at certain posts in Arizona, for a period of two years, all the súpplies that .might'be needed there for the use of the service, at…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.-Justice DAVIS
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the theory that the order of the Secretary of War of March 9th, 1860, granting-to Taliafero and Grant the privilege of furnishing and delivering, at certain posts in Arizona, for two years, all the supplies that might be needed there for the service, at certain stipulated rates, was a contract, mutually binding on the government and th,e claimant, the obligations imposed on the parties to it are clearly defined.
It was the duty of the claimant, as well- as his exclusive privilege, to furnish all the supplies which were needed for ' the…
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