Hardy v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : The facts found in this case sufficiently appear in the opinion read. Upon the well-established principles of the law of contracts, this contract being in writing, and the words “more or less” being free from ambiguity or technical significance, they must be interpreted according to their plain, ordinary, and popular meaning.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case : The facts found in this case sufficiently appear in the opinion read. Upon the well-established principles of the law of contracts, this contract being in writing, and the words “more or less” being free from ambiguity or technical significance, they must be interpreted according to their plain, ordinary, and popular meaning. (Chitty on Contracts, Perkin’s cd. of 1880, pp. 85, 88.) Promises are binding in the sense in which the promisors intended at the timé that the promisees should receive them. (Leniry v. Ralston, 11 Harris,Penn. St., 137. See also…
1Opinion of the CourtMilligaN, J.
On the 31st of May, 1866, the claimant entered into a written contract with the United States, acting through Oapt. Joseph Tuttle, assistant quartermaster, United States Army, which, among other stipulations, contains the following:
*250“ The said William H. Hardy shall transport from Hardy-ville, A. T., to Fort Whipple, A. T., and Camp Lincoln, A. T., the following amount, United States Government stores; from Hardyville to Fort Whipple, A. T., 486 tons, more or less; from Hardyville, A. T., to Camp Lincoln, A. T., 351 tons, more or less; said stores to be delivered at Hardyville in sufficient…
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