Dougherty ex rel. Slavens v. United States
United States Court of Claims
This case was transmitted to the court by the following order of the Secretary of the Interior: Department op the Interior, Washington, January 28, 1882. The Hon. Chief Justice and Judges op the Court'op Claims op the United States: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for trial and adjudication by your honorable court, the claim of J. M. Dougherty, with the vouchers, documents, proofs, and papers pertaining thereto, in accordance with the provisions of section 1063 of the…
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This case was transmitted to the court by the following order of the Secretary of the Interior: Department op the Interior, Washington, January 28, 1882. The Hon. Chief Justice and Judges op the Court'op Claims op the United States: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for trial and adjudication by your honorable court, the claim of J. M. Dougherty, with the vouchers, documents, proofs, and papers pertaining thereto, in accordance with the provisions of section 1063 of the Revised Statutes, the same being of the class and amount described in said section. Yery respectfully, S. J. Kirkwood,…
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2Opinion of the Court · DavisDavis, J.
The claimants contracted, in July, 1874, in writing, with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the delivery of a large quantity of beef at $1.64 per 100 pounds.
In the following March, after the greater part of the beef required by said contract had been delivered, and the portiou then undelivered had been called for, an urgent exigency arose for a further supply. By authority, given by telegraph, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the local agent contracted verbally with the claimant for the delivery of an additional amount of 1,164,645 pounds at $3 per hundred pounds.
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