Betts v. District of Columbia
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. The claimant performed certain work in the District of Columbia, in the improvement of its streets, under the direction of the Commissioners of said District, for all of which work he has been paid in full, excepting the following retains: $356.27, $43.72, $6.86, $44.03, $7.30, $322.31, $51.20, $29.50, $101.76, aggregating $962.95, which sum became due January 1, 1876.…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant performed certain work in the District of Columbia, in the improvement of its streets, under the direction of the Commissioners of said District, for all of which work he has been paid in full, excepting the following retains: $356.27, $43.72, $6.86, $44.03, $7.30, $322.31, $51.20, $29.50, $101.76, aggregating $962.95, which sum became due January 1, 1876. II. Counter-claim. — On the 20th day of September, 1871, the claimant entered into a contract, No. 99, with the Board of…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The facts show that on the whole case the claimant has been overpaid by the District on contracts for work done to the extent of $3,848.87, and according to the decisions heretofore made in other cases the defendant is entitled to judgment against the claimant for that sum. (Neitzey's Case, 17 C. Cls. R., 127; Adams's Case, 17 C. Cls. R., 364; Brown's Case, 17 C. Cls. R., 420; Roche's Case, 18 C. Cls. R., 217; Loony's Case, 19 C. Cls. R., 230, affirmed on appeal, 112 U. S. R., 258.)
In paragraph xii of the petition of Samuel J. Ritchie v.…
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- Brown v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1881
- Roche v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1883
- Huzzey v. Department of MinesWest Virginia Court of Claims · 1988
- Adams v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1881
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