Pneumatic Gun-Carriage & Power Co. 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 body corporate duly incorporated 'under .the laws of the State of W est Virginia. 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 body corporate duly incorporated 'under .the laws of the State of W est Virginia. II. On the 25th of April, 1888, claimant entered into a contract with the United States.for installing at the navy-yard at Boston, Mass., a pneumatic system for working the turrets and guns, steering, and refrigerating upon the United States monitor Terror, the material parts of which are stated in the opinion of the court. III. Immediately after-the…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
Plaintiff, on April 25, 1888, entered into a contract with the defendants, represented by the Secretary of the Navy, to furnish all necessary labor and material and erect and construct upon the monitor Terror all the machinery and appurtenances necessary to the complete application of power known as the pneumatic system for the'manning and working of the turrets and a part of the armament of the monitor, to the steering- of the vessel, and to the permanent maintenance thereon of a uniform refrigerating temperature. The contract price was fixed at $228,750, and plaintiff agreed to deliver the…
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