Moore v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: PRELIMINARY. On the 14th day of March, in the year 1899, John J. O’Brien and John 0. Sheehan, copartners in business under the firm name of O’Brien & Sheehan, of the city of New York, in the State of New York, entered into a contract with the United States for the construction of a dry dock at the navy yard at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, a copy of which, with the…
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: PRELIMINARY. On the 14th day of March, in the year 1899, John J. O’Brien and John 0. Sheehan, copartners in business under the firm name of O’Brien & Sheehan, of the city of New York, in the State of New York, entered into a contract with the United States for the construction of a dry dock at the navy yard at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, a copy of which, with the specifications forming- a part thereof, are annexed to the amended petition as Exhibits A and B, respectively. With the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNet, J.
This suit grows out of the construction of a dry dock in Boston, Mass. On the 14th of March, 1899, the firm of O’Brien & Sheehan, composed of John J. O’Brien and John C. Sheehan, entered into a contract with the United States to construct this dry dock, the same to be completed December 1, 1901. The time for completion was afterwards extended by the Government to August 30, 1903, but the dry dock was not turned over to and accepted by the Government until August 12, 1905. The City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company of Philadelphia was the surety of the contractors on a bond for the…
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