UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC DREDGING CO.

No. 214.

253 U.S. 1 (1920)

UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC DREDGING COMPANY, W.B. BROOKS, AGENT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis for the United States:

Mr. W.L. Marbury, with whom Mr. W.L. Rawls was on the brief, for appellee:


The case turns upon the statement of the Government of its belief of the character of the material to be encountered, and, as misrepresentation, the omission from the map exhibited to bidders of the actual borings made and their disclosures.

The Government asserts that there was no misrepresentation, basing the assertion upon the declaration of the specifications that no guarantee was...

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