Cotton 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. April 16,1884, claimant entered into a contract, the only part of which, material in this case, is set out in his petition. II. In January and February, 1885, said contractor, Charles H. Cotton, at the request of the chief quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri, transported 433,194 pounds of public stores from Caldwell, Kans., to Camp Bussell, Ind.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. April 16,1884, claimant entered into a contract, the only part of which, material in this case, is set out in his petition. II. In January and February, 1885, said contractor, Charles H. Cotton, at the request of the chief quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri, transported 433,194 pounds of public stores from Caldwell, Kans., to Camp Bussell, Ind. T., a distance of 98 miles, and 92,280 pounds of public stores, in five shipments, from Fort Beno to Camp Bussell, Ind.T., a distance…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of*the court:
This case is founded on a claim transmitted by the Secretary of War under the following section of the Revised Statutes:
“ Sec. 1063. Whenever any claim is made against any Executive Department involving disputed facts or controverted questions of law, where the amount in controversy exceeds three thousand dollars, or where the decision will affect a class of cases, or furnish a precedent for the future action of any Executive Department in the adjustment of a class of cases, without regard to the amount involved in the particular case, or…
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