Barnard v. District of Columbia
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts found by the court: I. Robert H. Ryan entered into a contract with the Board of Public Works, July 23, 1872, for the improvement sey avenue southeast, in Washington; the parts material in this case are as follows: “First.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts found by the court: I. Robert H. Ryan entered into a contract with the Board of Public Works, July 23, 1872, for the improvement sey avenue southeast, in Washington; the parts material in this case are as follows: “First. That the said party of the second part has agreed, and by these presents doth agree, with the said party of the first part, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned and contained, and under the penalty expressed in a bond bearing even •date with these presents and hereunto annexed, to furnish, at his own…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
Two claims are set out in the petition in this case :
First. The sum of $166.28 “ retained on pavement,” as appears by the final settlement set out in finding vii. This is uot-controverted by the defendant.
*266Second. The sum of $4,060 for “ certain grading of exeava-tiou of stone or rock” done by the claimant’s intestate, Ryan, over and above the amount paid to him. As to this claim the facts are these: Said Ryan and the Board of Public Works entered into a written contract July 23, 1872, by which he was to do certain work for the improvement…
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