UNITED STATES
v.
MORGAN
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Morgan contracted with a government agent to sell 522 horses to the military at $130 per head, but the government reduced the price to $115 per head and paid him accordingly; the Court of Claims awarded him the difference between the contract and reduced prices, but the Supreme Court reversed, holding that the case fell within the precedent established in United States v. Adams, and remanded with directions to dismiss the petition.
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Mr. Justice Nelson delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the Court of Claims.
The petition in this case sets forth that Morgan, under a con-: tract with the government, in September, 1861, purchased five hundred and twenty-two horses, for which he was to receive $130 each; that the government has refused to pay the price according to the contract, and that a balance remains of $7830. Thi,s contract was made with the petitioner by Reeside, an agent of General Fremont, who had been authorized to purchase two thousand horses for his military department, at the price above stated.
The claim was presented to the board of commissioners appointed to' investigate contracts made in this department, and, after an examination into the claim, it was reduced $7830, the board allowing only $115 per head for the horses instead of $130, the contract price; and gave to the claimant a voucher for the amount at this rate, $60,076, payment of which was afterwards accepted by him from the government.
The Court of Claims decreed in his favor the contract price, deducting the above payment. The case falls within the decision of The United States v. Adams, and this decree must, therefore, be reversed.
The case is remanded with directions to dismiss the petition.
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