North American Neuchatel Rock Paving Co. v. District of Columbia
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court ^ I. The claimant is a corporation duly chartered under the laws of England. II. On the 8th day of July, 1873, one Edwin Glaskin, of New York, was general manager and agent of said corporation, and on that day entered into the contract with the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia, which is annexed to the petition. - » III.
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The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court ^ I. The claimant is a corporation duly chartered under the laws of England. II. On the 8th day of July, 1873, one Edwin Glaskin, of New York, was general manager and agent of said corporation, and on that day entered into the contract with the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia, which is annexed to the petition. - » III. At the samó time, and afterward, one Charles E. Oreecy,. of Washington, D. C., an attorney-at-law, was the attorney in fact, in that city, of the claimant,…
1Opinion of the Court
Drake, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
Upon the facts found the questions of law are few and simple, and do not require extended discussion. We will state them succinctly.
1. What, in legal view, are the certificates sued on? We answer that they are merely written evidences of money owing ' *599to tbe claimant under a contract between it and tbe defendant represented by tbe board of public works.
2. Was tbe indebtedness so evidenced a chose in action? Tbe claimant contended that it was not; but surely we need go no further than to tbe handbooks of tbe law to show that any right under a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cowdrey v. VandenburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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