Looney v. District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This suit, as appeared by the facts found by the Court of Claims, was upon a contract in writing made September 11, 1872, between the petitioner and the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia, by which he agreed to furnish materials and labor, and in a good and substantial manner to grade and gravel Fourteenth Street East between B Street South and ' Boundary in the City of Washington, at prices specified, and among other things…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This suit, as appeared by the facts found by the Court of Claims, was upon a contract in writing made September 11, 1872, between the petitioner and the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia, by which he agreed to furnish materials and labor, and in a good and substantial manner to grade and gravel Fourteenth Street East between B Street South and ' Boundary in the City of Washington, at prices specified, and among other things agreed tci punctually pay in cash the workmen employed by him; and the Board of Public Works agreed to pay him in lawful…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
The nature and history of the auditor’s certificates, and of the so-called sewer certificates, and other securities' issuéd by the District of Columbia, as well as the legislation of Congress relating to them, have been fully stated in opinions delivered' by the Court of Claims in other cases, and need not be recapitulated. See Fendall v. District of Columbia, 16 C. Cl. 106; Adams v. Same, 17 C. Cl. 351; Morgan, v. Same, 19. C. Cl. 156. It is enough for the purposes of this case to observe that the sewer certificates and other-…
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