Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States

Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. United States, 261 U.S. 592; 597, 58 Ct.Cl. 709, 43 S.Ct. 425, 67 L.Ed. 816 (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."

External links

• Full text of judgment from Justia