Baird v. United States
United States Court of Claims
This is a claim upon an express contract in writing, ancl is brought by original petition. The contract was made on the 17th of March, 1864, with M. W. Baldwin & Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Baldwin died September 7,1866, and this suit is brought by the surviving partner, Matthew Baird.
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This is a claim upon an express contract in writing, ancl is brought by original petition. The contract was made on the 17th of March, 1864, with M. W. Baldwin & Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Baldwin died September 7,1866, and this suit is brought by the surviving partner, Matthew Baird. In March 1864 the War Department had sudden need for a large number of locomotive engines to equip the railroads in Tennessee for military uses, and determined to obtain them by, in effect, impressing the great locomotive building establishments; that is, by giving the owners the option of either…
1Opinion of the CourtMilligan, J.
This is a claim for $141,875, presented in this court by Matthew Baird, as surviving partner of the firm of “M. W. Baldwin & Co.,” locomotive builders, in the city of Philadelphia. The claim rests on contract, which is embodied in the following correspondence :
“ Office of Director and General MaNAgker
‘‘Military Railroads United States,
“ New York, March 19, [17,] 1864.
“ Gentlemen : In pursuance of the authority in me vested, I do hereby direct you to construct, at the earliest practical period, fifteen locomotive engines, of five feet gauge, for the use of the United States Government, to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1865