Ferris v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. On the 15th day of August, 1879, J. N. Macomb, colonel of engineers, U. S. Army, advertised for sealed proposals for continuing the improvement of the channel of the Delaware Biver, at Mifflin Bar, by dredging; which advertisement is annexed to and forms part of the petition. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. On the 15th day of August, 1879, J. N. Macomb, colonel of engineers, U. S. Army, advertised for sealed proposals for continuing the improvement of the channel of the Delaware Biver, at Mifflin Bar, by dredging; which advertisement is annexed to and forms part of the petition. II. The claimant was a bidder for said work and the contract was awarded to him; and thereupon, on the 16th day of September, 1879, a contract in writing was entered into between claimant and said J. N. Macomb, chief…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:
Tbe contract upon wbicb tbis action is brought required the claimant to dredge and remove 100,000 cubic yards of material from and to places to be specifically designated by tbe engineer in charge of tbe work, within a period of substantially one year. At tbe end of ten months be bad removed 35,494 yards. During these ten months be bad been hindered and delayed by tbe defendants to tbe extent of about seven days. There is an hiatus in tbe evidence concerning a period of three months, from tbe 1st March to tbe 1st June, when the contractor might have…
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