Ford v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter’a statement of the case : The following are the chief parts of the contract, specifications, &c., requiring construction by the court: [Form: 19.] “ Articles of agreement entered into this thirteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-five (1875), between Major Walter McFarland, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, for and in behalf of the United States, of the first part, and Timothy Ford and John W. Hobbs, partners, doing business under the…
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The Reporter’a statement of the case : The following are the chief parts of the contract, specifications, &c., requiring construction by the court: [Form: 19.] “ Articles of agreement entered into this thirteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-five (1875), between Major Walter McFarland, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, for and in behalf of the United States, of the first part, and Timothy Ford and John W. Hobbs, partners, doing business under the firm-name of T. Ford & Co., of Keokuk, in the County of Lee, State of Iowa, of the second part. “ This agreement witnesseth,…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This is an action for work and services rendered to the defendants in the reconstruction of tbe canal around Muscle Shoals, on •the Tennessee. The petition sets up a formal, express contract, and alleges that a certain amount is due thereon for work performed by the claimants in accordance with its terms; but the chief demands of the claimants are for extra work rendered at *75the request of tbe engineer in charge of the work, or made necessary by a departure from the plan contemplated by the contract, which departure was ordered bj tbe same officer. There is a provision in the contract that “no…
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