Harvey v. United States
United States Court of Claims
This is a suit in equity brought under the provisions of the following special Act of Congress (19 Stat. L. 490): Chap. 279. — AN ACT for the relief of lames W. Harvey and James Hivesey, of the firm of Harvey & tivesey, of wisconsin.
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This is a suit in equity brought under the provisions of the following special Act of Congress (19 Stat. L. 490): Chap. 279. — AN ACT for the relief of lames W. Harvey and James Hivesey, of the firm of Harvey & tivesey, of wisconsin. Beit enacted, $-e.,m Congress assembled, That the claim of James W. Harvey and James Livesey for alleged labor done and materials furnished under their contract with the United States for the building of the masonry work for the piers and abutments of the bridge across the Mississippi River from Rock Island to Davenport, Iowa, hearing- date June first, eighteen…
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2Opinion of the Court · DavisDavis, J.
This controversy began in a common-law suit in this court, tried in 1872 — Harvey & Livesey v. The United States (8 C. Cls. R., 501). After -that judgment was. paid, Congress conferred upon this court special equity jurisdiction to enable it to give *476tbe claimants further relief. The suit in equity under that enabling act was first heard on demurrer as to the extent of the relief which the court should give in the new process. (Same v. Same, 12 C. Cls. R., 141.) When this was settled, the case was heard on the merits on the identical proof présented in the common-law suit. (Same v.…
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- Garfielde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Harvey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Equitable Insurance Company v. HearneSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Harvey v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1872
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4Cited by2 opinions
- Roettinger v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1891
- Donnelly v. City of BrooklynNew York City Court · 1889