Darragh v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The ’Reporters’ statement of the case: Tlie following are the facts of the case as found by the court. I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California. On June 20,1892, the following advertisement for proposals was made by J. G-. 0. Lee, major and chief quartermaster, U. S. A.: “Proposals for construction of wagon road.
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The ’Reporters’ statement of the case: Tlie following are the facts of the case as found by the court. I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California. On June 20,1892, the following advertisement for proposals was made by J. G-. 0. Lee, major and chief quartermaster, U. S. A.: “Proposals for construction of wagon road. “Headquarters Department oe Arizona, “Oeeice oe the Chiee Quartermaster, “Los Angeles, Cal., June 20, 1892, “Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be received here until 10 o’clock a. m.,…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The claimant’s action is based upon an alleged contract, bearing date the 29th of June, 1892, executed on behalf of the defendants by Major Lee, of the Quartermaster’s Department, and claimant, in relation to building a road from Wingate Station to Fort Wingate, N. Mex., a distance of about 3jJ- miles. The contract was subject to the approval of the Quartermaster-General.
*387Embraced in tbe contract are four classifications of work, to wit: Grading, bridges, culverts, and stonework, to wit, macadam. Tbe work, by tbe terms of tbe agreement, was to be commenced on tbe 29tb day of June and finished…
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