UNITED STATES v. BURTON COAL CO.

No. 100.

273 U.S. 337 (1927)

UNITED STATES v. BURTON COAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Maclay Hoyne for the appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The judgment is for damages for breach of contract by the United States to accept and pay for coal purchased from appellee for use at army posts in the Chicago district. The only question presented for our consideration is whether the Court of Claims applied the right measure. It gave the difference between contract price and market value at the times and places specified for deliveries. Appellant maintains that...

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