Slavens v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the ease: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kansas City, in the State of Missouri. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the ease: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kansas City, in the State of Missouri. II. That on September 15, 1892, the then Postmaster-General of the United States, acting therein on behalf of the United States, advertised for proposals for transporting the mails in various cities, and among others, on route No. 204001, being the “covered regulation wagon mail messenger, transfer, and mail-station service,” at the city of Boston, Mass. III. That pursuant…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
As may be discovered by reference to the findings of fact, the claimant herein was given three separate contracts for the transportation of mails in covered regulation mail wagons, one in Boston, another in Brooklyn, and still another in Omaha.
There are items for compensation in the cases of all the contracts for service, claimed to have been rendered at defendants’ request outside the terms of the contracts, as it has been alleged, and much argument has been urged upon our attention in support and refutation of the respective contentions of the parties in this regard. In addition to these…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Garfielde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Whitsell v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- Miller v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1911
- Huse v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1908
- Robert J. Cornelius, Sr. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965