Cotton v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporten? statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimants herein, Ernest J. Cotton, Charles E. Cotton, and James B. Agassiz, are citizens of the United States and of the State of California, and are partners engaged in a general contracting business under the firm name of Cotton Brothers & Co. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporten? statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimants herein, Ernest J. Cotton, Charles E. Cotton, and James B. Agassiz, are citizens of the United States and of the State of California, and are partners engaged in a general contracting business under the firm name of Cotton Brothers & Co. II. On March 22, 1899, the said firm entered into a contract with the United States, as follows: “This contract, of two parts, made and concluded this twenty-second day of March, A. D..1899, by and between Cotton Brothers &…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
By contract of the parties, executed March 2, 1899, plaintiffs undertook to provide, furnish, and deliver at their own risk and expense, at the harbor of Honolulu, Hawaiian islands, beginning and within thirty days from the date of the contract, all the necessary materials and labor, tools, and appliances for the construction and completion, in all respects, of two wharves, and to complete the same in twelve calendar months from the date of the signing the contract, in strict accordance with, and subject to, all the conditions and requirements of the plans and specifications appended to and…
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