Barlow v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of thé case: The following are tbe material facts of the case: I. On the -29th of October, 1892, the following contract was entered into between the claimant and the United States: “Whereas, by advertisement, dated August 8, 1892, proposals were invited by the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, for the construction, by contract, of a dry dock of the general dimensions, and to be located at the place therein…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of thé case: The following are tbe material facts of the case: I. On the -29th of October, 1892, the following contract was entered into between the claimant and the United States: “Whereas, by advertisement, dated August 8, 1892, proposals were invited by the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, for the construction, by contract, of a dry dock of the general dimensions, and to be located at the place therein specified; and “Whereas the proposal of the said contractors, dated September 3, 1892, to construct a dry dock to be located…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The contract in this case, bearing date the 29th of October, 1892, provides “ that if at any time it should be found advantageous or necessary to make any change or modification in the aforesaid plans and specifications, such changes or modifications must be agreed upon in writing.” The parties acted under this provision no less than eleven times. There are eleven supplemental contracts, in one of which the trivial sum of $17 is the total consideration.-
The defendants now contend that the claimants can not recover upon some of their causes of…
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