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SAVAGE ARMS CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 13.

266 U.S. 217 (1924)

SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jesse C. Adkins, with whom Mr. John H. Iselin and Mr. Frank F. Nesbit were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

On April 30, 1918, appellant entered into a contract with the United States by which, among other things, it agreed to make and deliver 440,000 magazines for Lewis machine guns, for which the United States agreed to pay $4.24 each. After 24,347 of the magazines had been delivered, the Chief of Ordnance requested appellant in the public interest immediately to suspend...

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