Legal Opinion

Ripley v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 4, 1911No. Nos. 498 and 499PublishedCited by 7 opinions

.APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS ON RETURN TO MANDATE DIRECTING ADDITIONAL FINDINGS. The facts, which involve the sufficiency of findings of the Court of Claims, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White

Ripley recovered the sum of alleged losses occasioned, by the delay consequent on the refusal of the inspector in charge of certain jetty work, being performed under contract with the United States in Aransas Pass, Texas, to permit the placing of certain crest blocks on the foundation intended to receive them. Both the United States and Ripley appealed. At the last term, when the case was before us, it became necessary to ascertáin how far the findings of fact established thé good or bad faith of the inspector in refusing to permit the crest blocks to be placed in position, and even upon the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ripley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Needles ex rel. Needles v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1944
  2. Flowers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
  3. Blockton Cahaba Coal Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1928
  4. Spearin v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1916
  5. Beuttas v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1944

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