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Smoot v. United States, 237 U.S. 38 (1915)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Smoot v. United States, 237 U.S. 38 (1915)
Smoot v. United States No. 208 Argued March 18, 19, 1915 Decided April 5, 1915 237 U.S. 38
APPEAL. FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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A letter from the government engineer in charge to a contractor, who had, under written contract with the United States, agreed to furnish a specified amount of material at a specified price, that a larger amount of material would probably be required, held in this case not to be a contract for the additional amount or a modification of the original contract. As a general rule, specific or individual marks and figures control generic ones, and there is an analogy between the control of specific figures over estimates and that of monument over distances. Brawley v. United States, 96 U.S. 168.
Smoot v. United States, 48 Ct.Cl. 427, affirmed.
The facts, which involve a claim for profits on a contract for sand with the United States for the Washington City Filtration Plant which the United States refused to receive, are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Smoot v. United States, 237 U.S. 38 (1915) in 237 U.S. 38 237 U.S. 39. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1H5WVD373YINCQD.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Smoot v. United States, 237 U.S. 38 (1915), in 237 U.S. 38, page 237 U.S. 39. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1H5WVD373YINCQD.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Smoot v. United States, 237 U.S. 38 (1915). cited in 1915, 237 U.S. 38, pp.237 U.S. 39. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=1H5WVD373YINCQD.
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