Patrick Corr & Sons v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter’’s statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 8th day of July, 1915, the plaintiff, a corporation, entered into a contract with the United States, acting by and through A. L. Flint, acting general purchasing officer of the Panama Canal, for the delivery to the Panama Canal, on the dock at Colon, in such quantities as might from time to time be ordered, of approximately “ 300,000 pounds waste, cotton, colored,…
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The Reporter’’s statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 8th day of July, 1915, the plaintiff, a corporation, entered into a contract with the United States, acting by and through A. L. Flint, acting general purchasing officer of the Panama Canal, for the delivery to the Panama Canal, on the dock at Colon, in such quantities as might from time to time be ordered, of approximately “ 300,000 pounds waste, cotton, colored, in accordance with sample £A,’ submitted by the contractor with proposal,” at 7 cents per pound, with the right in the…
1Opinion of the CourtDowney, Judge
The plaintiff sues upon a contract made July 8, 1915, with the Panama Canal, for the delivery at Colon of 300,000 pounds of colored cotton waste with option in the latter to order such additional quantities as might be required not exceeding 50 per cent of the estimated quantity. The contract was an annual contract, i. e., for a fiscal year, and the estimated quantity referred to in the contract evidently was to meet the estimated needs for the fiscal year ending June 30,1916.
There were deliveries, acceptances, payments, acceptances without payment, deductions of liquidated damages for delay,…
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