Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The following are the facts found by the court : I. On the 8th day of October, 1875, the Lake Superior and Mississippi Eailroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Minnesota, entered into the following contract with the defendants : This article of contract, made the eighth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between the United States of America (acting in this behalf by the Postmaster-General) and the Lake…
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The following are the facts found by the court : I. On the 8th day of October, 1875, the Lake Superior and Mississippi Eailroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Minnesota, entered into the following contract with the defendants : This article of contract, made the eighth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between the United States of America (acting in this behalf by the Postmaster-General) and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company, by J. P. Ilsley, its president, and William Dawson and John B. Cook, as sureties,…
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2Opinion of the Court · DavisDavis, J.
This case has two branches, with quite distinct questions of law for decision.
I. On the 8th of October, 1875, the Postmaster-General made a contract with the Lake Superior and Mississippi Eailroad Company for the transportation of mails during a term of four years, which contract contained the following provision:
9th. That the Postmaster-General may discontinue or curtail the service in whole or in part whenever the public interests, in his judgment, shall require such discontinuance or curtailment for any cause; he allowing as a full indemnity to the contractor one month’s extra pay…
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