Legal Opinion
Ellicott Machine Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 9, 1908No. 29479PublishedCited by 4 opinions
The Reporters' statement of the case: The facts, of the case are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court:
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The claimants, on November 21, 1904, entered into a contract with the defendants, through Maj. J. C. Sanford, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, for the construction of a scow to be used in connection with a pontoon pipe line in dredging the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, for which the defendants agreed to pay $11,964. Among other provisions the contract contains the following:
“ Sec. 5. It is further expressly understood and agreed that time shall be considered as an essential feature of this contract, and that in case of failure upon the part of the party of the second part to…
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