Sanborn v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case : The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. II. On the 1st day of February, 1906, the claimant entered into a contract with the United States to furnish all the labor and material to complete the entire heating, ventilation, and piping systems for the two laboratory buildings in the city of Washington, which said contract and a letter made a part thereof, and so much of the specifications thereunto belonging as are…
1Opinion of the CourtBarNet, J.
This suit arises out of a contract to install a heating and ventilating plant in the two laboratory buildings for the Department of Agriculture. So much of the contract and specifications as are necessary to be examined for the consideration of this case are made a part of the amended petition herein.
Paragraphs 40 and 41 of the specifications are as follows:
“ 40. The bidders are required to fill out on the proposal sheet the clauses relating to materials and appliances which they propose to use; also to give the name and address of manufacturers of special appliances required under this…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1904
- Stone v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1894
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