Pickley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On July 21,1899, claimant entered into a contract with the United States through Capt. Charles McD. Townsend, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, for building dams and shore protection on the Mississippi River between Cass-ville, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa, as set forth in the petition as amended.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On July 21,1899, claimant entered into a contract with the United States through Capt. Charles McD. Townsend, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, for building dams and shore protection on the Mississippi River between Cass-ville, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa, as set forth in the petition as amended. This contract was approved by the Chief of Engineers on August 26, 1899. II. On July 21, 1899, claimant entered into a contract for similar work between Dubuque, Iowa, and Le Claire, Iowa, on…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeney, J.
This suit grows out of two contracts entered into by the claimant with the Government under date of July 21, 1899, for improvement work on the Mississippi River, one of them for work between Dubuque and Le Claire, Iowa, and approved by the Chief of Engineers August 25, 1899, and the other for work between Cassville, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa, and approved August 26, 1899. Both to be completed by September SO, 1900.
Work -was to be commenced when directed in writing by the Government engineer in charge and was to be prosecuted at the points prescribed by him, there being no definite location…
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