Goddard v. Ordway
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This appeal presents the following case : —
During the summer of 1871, Albert Ordway, the appellee, was engaged in securing a contract with the government to furnish and cut the granite for the then proposed new building to be erected in Washington for the use of the State, War, and Navy Departments. His bid for the work was put in on.the nineteenth day of June, and formally accepted about the 1st of August. He resided at Richmond, Va., and late in July, 1871, negotiated with Robert G. Shedd, now deceased, for a loan, not exceeding $50,000, to be used in preparations for the execution of the…
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