Legal Opinion

Carr v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided March 21, 1887No. 14540Published

The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the advertisement, contract, and certificate constituting the principal facts of the case and referred to in the opinion of the court: Advertisement. “ 46118. From Salinas, by Santa Eita and Natividad, to Ga-bilan, 15 miles and back, six times a week. “ Leave Salinas daily, exeept Sunday, at 1 p. m.; “ Airive at Gabilan by 7 p. m. $ “Leave Gabilan daily, exeept Sunday, at 6 a. m.„ “Arrive at Salinas by 12 m.

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The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the advertisement, contract, and certificate constituting the principal facts of the case and referred to in the opinion of the court: Advertisement. “ 46118. From Salinas, by Santa Eita and Natividad, to Ga-bilan, 15 miles and back, six times a week. “ Leave Salinas daily, exeept Sunday, at 1 p. m.; “ Airive at Gabilan by 7 p. m. $ “Leave Gabilan daily, exeept Sunday, at 6 a. m.„ “Arrive at Salinas by 12 m. “Bond required with bid, $1,800.” “ Contract Wo. 46118. “ This article of contract, made on the lSth’of March, 1878, between the…

1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.

At the annual letting of contracts, by the Postmaster-General, for the transportation of «the mails of the United States in the year 1878, which took place about the 15th of March, the claimant was the successful bidder on route No. 46118, from Salinas City, in the State of California, to Gabilan, in said State, and back, for the period of four years, commencing on the 1st day of July, 1878, at an annual compensation of $796. On the 13th of April, 1878, the said letting was fully consummated in a contract, the material provisions of which are set forth in the findings of the court.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. The Floyd AcceptancesSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Hammond v. HawsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1801
  3. Johnson's v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1878
  4. Crussell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  5. Pierce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

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