GARFIELDE v. UNITED STATES


93 U.S. 242 (____)

GARFIELDE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ebon C. Ingersoll and Mr. B.F. Rice for the appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra.


MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

The Court of Claims holds that the proposal on the part of Garfielde, and the acceptance of the proposal by the department, created a contract of the same force and effect as if a formal contract had been written out and signed by the parties. Many authorities are cited to sustain the proposition. We believe it to be sound, and that it should be so held in the present case.

That court held that the contract...

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