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UNITED STATES v. PURCELL ENVELOPE CO.

No. 168.

249 U.S. 313 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 300

63 L.Ed. 620

UNITED STATES v. PURCELL ENVELOPE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson, with whom Mr. Huston Thompson and Mr. J. Robt. Anderson were on the briefs, for the United States:

Mr. Arthur Black, with whom Mr. Stanton C. Peelle and Mr. C.F.R. Ogilby were on the briefs, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Action brought by appellee, the Purcell Envelope Company, which we shall designate as the Envelope Company, against the United States for damages for breach of an express contract. The Court of Claims rendered judgment for the Envelope Company for the sum of $185,331.76. The United States appeals.

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