Smith ex rel. Rochester
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. James D. Smith, February 23,1885, entered into a mail contract with the United States, the material portions of which are as follows: “Whereas James D. Smith has been accepted, according to law, as contractor for transporting the mail on route No. 10157, from Ingleside, Md., to Merrickton and back six times a week by a schedule satisfactory to the Department, at one…
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. James D. Smith, February 23,1885, entered into a mail contract with the United States, the material portions of which are as follows: “Whereas James D. Smith has been accepted, according to law, as contractor for transporting the mail on route No. 10157, from Ingleside, Md., to Merrickton and back six times a week by a schedule satisfactory to the Department, at one hundred and thirty dollars per year, for and during the term beginning the first day of July, 1885, and ending June 30,…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The schedule of a star route in Maryland having been changed by the Postmaster-General, plaintiff in this action seeks to recover additional compensation for what he alleges to have been increased service. Smith, the plaintiff, was the contractor with the Government; he sublet the route to Rochester, for whose use he sues. The two contracts are in -the usual form, and provide for one round trip between Merriekton and Ingleside, villages some 6 miles apart. Rochester resided at Merriekton, and under the schedule which had been theretofore in force and under which the contract was let, he left…
2Cited by1 opinion
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