| Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. United States |
Supreme Court of the United States |
Argued March 12, 1923
Decided April 9, 1923 |
| Full case name |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company v. United States |
| Citations |
261 U.S. 592 (more)
58 Ct.Cl. 709; 43 S.Ct. 425; 67 L.Ed. 816 |
| Holding |
| An implied in fact contract exists as, an agreement founded upon a meeting of minds, which, although not embodied in an express contract, is inferred, as a fact, from conduct of the parties showing, in the light of the surrounding circumstances, their tacit understanding. |
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| Case opinions |
| Majority |
Sanford |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States, 261 U.S. 592 (1923), is a US Supreme Court case on contract law. The Supreme Court held that an implied in fact contract exists as, “an agreement … founded upon a meeting of minds, which, although not embodied in an express contract, is inferred, as a fact, from conduct of the parties showing, in the light of the surrounding circumstances, their tacit understanding.”
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