ESCOTE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 411-56.

169 F.Supp. 483 (1959)

ESCOTE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. McDermott, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

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


LARAMORE, Judge.

Plaintiff sues for the return of a contract bid deposit on the ground that its offer was not accepted by defendant within the time stipulated therein. Defendant counterclaims for damages for breach of plaintiff's contract to purchase.

The facts are these: On August 19, 1955, the defendant, acting through the property disposal officer at Picatinny Arsenal, invited sealed bids on 52 items of surplus material under Invitation No. 28-017-s-56...

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