Kelly v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On October 13, 1888, the defendants, through Will.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On October 13, 1888, the defendants, through Will. A. Freret, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, duly advertised that sealed proposals would be received at the Office of the Supervising Architect, Treasury Department, Washington, D. 0., until 2 o’clock p. m. on November 13,1S88, for the labor and material required in the erection and completion of the United States court-house, post-office, etc., at Chattanooga, Teun., except the general excavation, the heating…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
This action grows out of defendants’ failure, for a time, under their contract to furnish in the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., a site upon which the claimants had agreed to erect, within twenty-two months, a court-house and post-office building.
Upon the execution of the contract the claimants, in making the necessary arrangements to begin and complete the work thereunder, among other things, entered into the subcontract set out in the findings, with the Hercules Marble Company, of Knoxville, Tenn., a solvent corporation, whereby it agreed for the consideration of $68,500 “ to furnish at their…
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