Cathell 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: I. M. K. Cathell, E. V. Cathell, and Edw. K. Stembridge, copartners, doing business under the firm name of Cathell Bros. & Co., at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, are citizens of the United States. II.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. M. K. Cathell, E. V. Cathell, and Edw. K. Stembridge, copartners, doing business under the firm name of Cathell Bros. & Co., at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, are citizens of the United States. II. The claimants executed with a district quartermaster, subject to the approval of the Quartermaster General, United States Army, a contract and two supplemental agreements, dated, respectively, August 20, September 26, and October 3, 1908, for certain, specified, repairs to the steamer…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, J.
The claimants contracted with a district quartermaster of the Army to make certain repairs to a steam vessel. Subsequent to the commencement of the work a supplemental contract was executed for additional repairs to the same vessel, and an extension of time allowed for the completion of the same. Another contract embracing slight additional repairs was executed, involving no extension of time. The contracts expressly provided that they were all made subject to the approval of the Quartermaster General of the Army. The time limit provided for the execution of the work extended from August 20,…
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