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MERRITT v. UNITED STATES

No. 159.

267 U.S. 338 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 278

69 L.Ed. 643

MERRITT v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.B. Perkins for appellant, submitted. Mr. L.A. Widmayer was also on the briefs.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lovett and Mr. Roscoe R. Koch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In July, 1918, or earlier, the United States contracted with the Panama Knitting Mills for a quantity of khaki at $3.20 a yard. In June, 1919, this contract was cancelled by a new agreement between the Government and the Mills, made pursuant to the Dent Act, March 2, 1919, c. 94, 40 Stat. 1272. Under the cancellation agreement the Government adjusted its liability by accepting delivery of half of the khaki originally...

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