Supreme Court of the United States, 1877

The Court affirmed the Court of Claims' award based on the written contract's price rather than the market value of the more expensive stone furnished. It held that the assistant superintendent lacked authority to alter the contract, and the contractor knew that any departure required the Secretary of the Treasury's…

The Supreme Court held that the prior judgment in favor of Sac County on interest coupons held by Samuel C. Smith did not estop Cromwell from proving, in this action on different bonds and coupons of the same series, that he had acquired them for value before maturity, because a judgment between the same parties on a…