Camden Iron Works v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter’s statement of the case: A time limitation in a contract may, and often is, in cases with the Government, waived with the assent of both parties, but each and all of the other provisions of the contract remain in full force. Gleason v. United States, 33 Ct. Cls., 65-86; Pigeords case, 27 Ct.
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The Reporter’s statement of the case: A time limitation in a contract may, and often is, in cases with the Government, waived with the assent of both parties, but each and all of the other provisions of the contract remain in full force. Gleason v. United States, 33 Ct. Cls., 65-86; Pigeords case, 27 Ct. Cls., 167, 175. In Paddoeh et al. v. Stout et al., 121 Ill., 571, the owner of a mill allowed a contractor who had engaged to remodel and repair the same to proceed with the work after the time expressed in the contract fixed for its completion, and, on its completion, accepted the work, made…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, Judge
On the 16th day of June, 1905, the claimant entered into a contract with the Panama Canal Commission to deliver at Colon, in the Canal Zone, certain steel pipes, valves, etc., of different sizes, such delivery to be completed on or before September 30 of the same year. The claimant delayed in the performance of this contract, making its deliveries of such material in the following months of October, November, December, and January, the last delivery being made the 9th day of February, 1906. On the 5th day of April, 1906, the disbursing officer of the Panama Canal Commission paid the claimant…
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