
    JACOB REED’S SONS v. UNITED STATES
    [60 C. Cls. 97; 273 U. S. 200]
    Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was
    
      affirmed,
    
    the Supreme Court deciding:
    1. The Dent Act (March 2, 1919) gave no cause of action on contracts made without authority, or on dealings which did not ripen into a contract.
   Mr. Justice BeaNdeis

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court January 24, 1927.  