JOSEPH BEHR & SONS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 650-53.

148 F.Supp. 935 (1957)

JOSEPH BEHR & SONS, Inc., v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

March 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin T. Powers, Jr., Rockford, Ill., for plaintiff. Charles A. Thomas, and Miller, Thomas, Hickey & Collins, Rockford, Ill., were on the briefs.

Frances L. Nunn, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.


WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff purchased from the War Assets Administration surplus property located on the Island of Maui in Hawaii, which was stored at the United States Marine Corps Service Depot at Kahului. It claims there was a shortage in certain items, and sues for the market value thereof.

After an inventory of the property had been taken, a brochure entitled "Maui Sales Circular #6" was circulated among prospective bidders. Plaintiff and others submitted...

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