Figh v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the 12tb May, 1855, a contract was entered into with the petitioners for the erection of certain buildings at the site of the fort on Dauphin Island, all the materials of which were to be furnished by them. Tbe consideration was $50,000. Payments were to be made from time to time in sums of $5,000. Fifteen per cent, to be retained to insure the completion of the work, and if this was not completed according to contract, the amount retained was to be forfeited.
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On the 12tb May, 1855, a contract was entered into with the petitioners for the erection of certain buildings at the site of the fort on Dauphin Island, all the materials of which were to be furnished by them. Tbe consideration was $50,000. Payments were to be made from time to time in sums of $5,000. Fifteen per cent, to be retained to insure the completion of the work, and if this was not completed according to contract, the amount retained was to be forfeited. On the 17th July, 1855, the Government suspended the work, and it remained so suspended until the 1st November, 1855, when the…
1Opinion of the CourtMilligan, J.
On the 12th of May, 1855, the claimants entered into a written contract with the United States, acting through Capt. D. Lead-better, Corps of Engineers, to furnish materials and erect certain buildings suitable for officers’ quarters, garrison purposes, &e., at Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Ala.
The contract sets forth the number and kind of buildings to be erected, and then declares: “ The positions to be occupied by these structures, both in plan and elevation, shall be marked by the party of the first part, as shown in the drawings of Fort Gaines and its buildings, now on file in his office,…
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