Harvey v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tlie case : The following is the material portion of the advertisement for proposals: “ Sealed proposals will be received at this arsenal up to 10 o’clock a. m. on the 25th day of May, 1869, for the construction of the piers and abutments of the railroad and wagon-road bridge to be built to connect the island of Bock Island with the city of Davenport. “ It is proposed to build, say, five common piers, one draw-pier, and two abutments.
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The Reporters’ statement of tlie case : The following is the material portion of the advertisement for proposals: “ Sealed proposals will be received at this arsenal up to 10 o’clock a. m. on the 25th day of May, 1869, for the construction of the piers and abutments of the railroad and wagon-road bridge to be built to connect the island of Bock Island with the city of Davenport. “ It is proposed to build, say, five common piers, one draw-pier, and two abutments. “ Detailed -information with regard to the general form and dimensions of the piers and abutments, and a profile of bed of river,…
1Opinion of the CourtMilligan, J.
This action is prosecuted to recover $230,400, damages, which the claimants allege resulted from breaches of a written contract, a copy of which is appended to and made a part of the original petition in this case. The sum claimed is itemized in the petition, and set down under eight distinct heads, all of' which, in the view we have taken of the case, need not be separately considered. The principal difficulty, as well as the-greater amount of damages claimed, arises on the construction of the contract.
The contract was let in the ordinary way, under public advertisements soliciting sealed…
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