Legal Opinion
Sickels v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 15, 1865PublishedCited by 9 opinions
On the Proofs.
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
This claimant states in his petition that on the 27th day of January, 1852, he entered into a contract with the government for the erection of a liglit-house on Seven-Foot Knoll, at the mouth of the Patapsco river.
By the terms of the contract the plans and specifications for the structure were to he furnished by an engineer to be appointed by the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury Department, who appointed B. F. Isherwood as such engineer.
That it was stated to claimant that the bottom of the knoll consisted of hard sand, and that plans and specifications would be prepared adapted to such soil,…
2Cited by9 opinions
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