VOGELSTEIN & CO. v. U.S.

No. 269.

262 U.S. 337 (1923)

L. VOGELSTEIN & COMPANY, INC. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred G. Reeves and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. Russell H. Robbins was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lovett and Mr. J. Robert Anderson, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Between September 28, 1917, and February 1, 1918, the United States obtained from appellant 12,542,857 pounds of copper and paid 23 1/2 cents per pound therefor. By its petition, appellant asks judgment for $424,196.54, being 3. 381977 cents per pound, in addition to the price paid. The Court of Claims made findings of fact, and as a conclusion of law held that appellant...

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