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MONROE v. UNITED STATES

No. 98.

184 U.S. 524 (1902)

22 S.Ct. 444

46 L.Ed. 670

MONROE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 10, 1902.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Fay for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt and Mr. Franklin W. Collins for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

We agree with counsel that the question in the case is a narrow one. It is not denied that the approval of the Chief of Engineers was necessary to the legal consummation of the contract. It is, however, insisted that the approval was not required to be formally expressed, but could and did consist of acts preceding the written instrument, though the latter contained...

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