Driscoll v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The following facts were found by the court: I. In the year 1871, advertisement of the following notice, inviting proposals as therein set forth, was duly published: u Proposals for granite for the new State Department. «Oeeioe of Supervising- Architect, “ Washington, May 24,1871. “ Sealed proposals will be received until 12 o’clock m. of the 22d day of June, 1871, at the office of the Supervising Architect oí the Treasury…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The following facts were found by the court: I. In the year 1871, advertisement of the following notice, inviting proposals as therein set forth, was duly published: u Proposals for granite for the new State Department. «Oeeioe of Supervising- Architect, “ Washington, May 24,1871. “ Sealed proposals will be received until 12 o’clock m. of the 22d day of June, 1871, at the office of the Supervising Architect oí the Treasury Department, for furnishing and delivering at the site of the proposed building all the dimension-granite required for…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
This is an action for work and labor, wlierein the claimant seeks to recover payment for one-quarter part more in numbers of day’s work than were allowed to him on settlement, on the ground that his day’s works wore reckoned by calendar days, in each of Avhieli he labored ten hours, whereas he insists that he is entitled to be paid for every eight hours, as a day’s work, the same wages allowed to him for each calendar day in which he worked ton hours, under the provision of the act of Congress passed June 25,1868 (15 Stat. L., 77), declaring that “eight hours shall constitute a day’s work for…
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