Clyde v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Findings of the Goiirt of Claims. 1. On bio vein ber 16, 1862, and during tbe emergency caused by tbe removal of tbe army of the Potomac to Falmouth, tbe Tallacca, a steam-vessel owned by tbe claimant, was chartered by Captain C. B. Ferguson; an officer in tbe Quartermaster’s Department, acting, at Alexandria;, "Virginia, under tbe instructions of General Fucker, the chief, quartermaster at Washington.
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Findings of the Goiirt of Claims. 1. On bio vein ber 16, 1862, and during tbe emergency caused by tbe removal of tbe army of the Potomac to Falmouth, tbe Tallacca, a steam-vessel owned by tbe claimant, was chartered by Captain C. B. Ferguson; an officer in tbe Quartermaster’s Department, acting, at Alexandria;, "Virginia, under tbe instructions of General Fucker, the chief, quartermaster at Washington. Tbe charter-party set forth and declared upon in tbe petition was formally executed, and was immediately transmitted to tbe Quartermaster-General by Captain Ferguson; tbe agreed compensation of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bkadley
tn the first of these cases, the facts found were, that on the lGth of November, 1862, the ferry-boat Tallacca, owned by the claimant, was chartered by Captain Ferguson, an assistant quartermaster of the United States Army, at the rate of $115 per day, for every day she might be employed in the service of the United States, and until returned to Alexandria, where she was lying; and that the said boat continued in the service of the Government from the date of the charter-party until the 31st of July, 1863, and was paid at the agreed rate up to the last of February, 1863, without objection;…
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