Court of Claims, 1923

Blake v. United States

Court of Claims · Decided January 2, 1923

58 Ct. Cl. 58; 1923 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 396; 1923 WL 2135

Counsel

Mr. Jennings O. Wise for the plaintiff. Mimn, Anderson At Munn were on the briefs., Mr. M. L. Blaine, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Lovett, for the defendant.

Opinion of the Court

*60MEMORANDUM:

BY THE COURT.

The defendant did not agree to order and pay for any definite quantity of hay or oats, and the bids made and contract executed contemplated that such quantities as were-ordered would be furnished by the plaintiff. The defendant paid for all that it ordered. See Brawley case, 96 U. S. 168; Smoot case, 237 U. S. 38, 42 ; 48 C. Cls. 427; Bulkley case, 19 Wall. 37; Nelson Co. case, 56 C. Cls. 448.

The petition is dismissed.

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