Case Name: Andrew C. Bradley, appellant, v. The United States, appellees
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1878-12-23
Citations: 14 Ct. Cl. 583
Docket Number: 
Parties: Andrew C. Bradley, appellant, v. The United States, appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 583–583

Head Matter:
(13 C. Cls. R., 166; 98 U. S. R., 104.)
Andrew C. Bradley, appellant, v. The United States, appellees.
On the claimant's Appeal.
The Postmaster-General rents a building for three years at am agreed rent, “ subject to an appropriation hy Congress for the payment of the rental.” Congress appropriates for the first and second years of the tei'm, but refuses to appropriate for the third. The landlord sues on the lease.
The court helow holds: (1) That hy the terms of the lease no liability was • to arise upon it beyond the will of Congress; (2) That if a lease he taken hy the Postmaster-General for three years, subject to the ratification of Congress, and Congress, after appropriating for two years, direct the Postmaster-General to deliver up possession unless the owner will accept a reduced rent for the third, and he makes no demand for possession, he will he deemed to have acquiesced in the proposed reduction. Judgment accordingly. The claimant appeals.
The judgment of the court helow is affirmed upon precisely the same grounds.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Clieeord
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court, December 23, 1878. Dissenting, Miller, Strong, Field, and Harlan, JJ.