UNITED STATES v. C. M. LANE LIFEBOAT CO.

No. 21.

118 F.2d 793 (1941)

UNITED STATES v. C. M. LANE LIFEBOAT CO., Inc., et al. (KROLMAN, Intervener).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 7, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Odin Gustafson, of New York City, for C. M. Lane Lifeboat Co., Inc., defendant-appellant.

Tibbetts, Lewis, Lazo & Welch, of New York City (Murray D. Welch and George A. Dickinson, both of New York City, of counsel), for Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., defendant-appellant.

Deane Ramey, of New York City, for Walter J. Krolman, intervenor-appellant.

Harold M. Kennedy, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vine H. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mario Pittoni, of Lynbrook, N. Y., Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel), for the United States, plaintiff-appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

In July, 1929, the government issued invitations for bids upon a contract to furnish seventeen lifeboats for the steamer U. S. Grant. Each boat was to be of a recognized standard design described in the contract as "Lundin type or an absolute equal". The invitations required the bidders to submit drawings, plans or blueprints of the lifeboats they were furnishing. Article 15 of the proposed contract provided: "The Contractor shall...

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