United States v. Axman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the rights and liabilities of a contractor and his surety under a contract with the Government, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the rights and liabilities of a contractor and his surety under a contract with the Government, are stated in the opinion. After the annulment of the contract by reason of the contractor’s default it became the duty of the Government to complete the work at reasonable cost and to diminish as far as possible the loss which it had suffered and for which it proposed to hold the defendants liable. . The change which was made in the terms was to the manifest ease of the defendants and lessened the cost of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Suit was brought by the United States to recover on a contract between the United States and Axman with the American Bonding Company, as surety, for dredging in San Pablo Bay, California. The first trial resulted in a judgment for the United States, which was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 167 Fed. Rep. 922. On new trial judgment directed in favor of the defendants was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals (193 Fed. Rep. 644), and the case is brought here.
It appears that on the twenty-fifth of August, 1902, the United States called for bids for dredging in…
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