Braden v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe act for tbe relief of tbe claimants will be found set forth in tbe opinion. Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. On tbe 12tb day of May, 1876, tbe Quartermaster-General advertised for proposals for tbe erection of tbe San Antonio quartermaster’s depot. Pursuant to sucb advertisement, tbe claimants, Edward Braden and Job W. Angus, partners under tbe firm name and style of Ed.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe act for tbe relief of tbe claimants will be found set forth in tbe opinion. Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. On tbe 12tb day of May, 1876, tbe Quartermaster-General advertised for proposals for tbe erection of tbe San Antonio quartermaster’s depot. Pursuant to sucb advertisement, tbe claimants, Edward Braden and Job W. Angus, partners under tbe firm name and style of Ed. Braden & Co., submitted a proposal for tbe erection of said buildings. Among other things, this proposal contained tbe following, .viz.: “If extra…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
This case in its principal cause of action bears a striking resemblance to the recent case of Hatohins (12 O. Cls. R., 181; ■96 U. S. R., 689). In both cases the contracts in suit were building contracts; in both the claimants agreed to build walls *403of rubble-stone; in both, the superintendent of the work, without authority to order an alteration, compelled them to build the walls of ranged rubble or broken ashlar; in both they complied, but maintained that they were building a better wall than their contracts required; in both they neglected to notify the responsible agent of the government…
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