Utah, Nevada & California Stage Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a corporation, 'duly created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of Utah, having its principal office in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois. II.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a corporation, 'duly created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of Utah, having its principal office in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois. II. On September 15, 1892, the Postmaster-General caused to be published an advertisement inviting proposals for the performance of “ covered regulation wagon mail messenger, transfer, and mail station service ” in the city of New York, State of New York, on mail route No. 207003, for the term from July 1, 1893, to…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
These mail-messenger contracts, in substantially identical language, have been again and again before the court during the last eighteen years. Their provisions have been construed, and both parties, though the amounts involved were large, have remained content with the decisions of the court; that is to say, no case has been appealed. It must, therefore, be regarded as the settled rule of decision of this court that the “ new or additional mail-messenger or transfer service ” which is to be performed “ without additional compensation ” is one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Woolverton v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Callahan Construction Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1912