Murphy v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the claimant's Motion. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The facts of this motion appear fully iu the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court 1
Davis J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This case, which was tried at the last term and decided 'against the claimant, will be found reported in 14 C. Cls. R., 508.
The case was complicated. It related to a contract for the excavation of a dry-dock on San Francisco Bay. It required the minute examination of plans, and the following the progress of the work, step by step, through a mass of conflicting testimony, up to the time when the work was taken away from the claimant and finished by the government.
The claimant sought to establish by his proof six items of demand for extra work or loss…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Goddard v. OrdwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Murphy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1878