Wightman v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following is the private act upon which the case rested: “ Be it enacted, etc., That the claim of the legal representatives of John Wightman, deceased, for and on account of the mail service rendered, by said John Wightman, deceased, in carrying the United States mails on route No. 3413, from Pittsburgh to Erie, Pennsylvania, a distance of one hundred and thirty-three miles, three times a week each way, from August 1, 1859, to and…
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following is the private act upon which the case rested: “ Be it enacted, etc., That the claim of the legal representatives of John Wightman, deceased, for and on account of the mail service rendered, by said John Wightman, deceased, in carrying the United States mails on route No. 3413, from Pittsburgh to Erie, Pennsylvania, a distance of one hundred and thirty-three miles, three times a week each way, from August 1, 1859, to and including June 30, 1860, at the rate of nine thousand dollars per annum for six times a week each way on said route, be…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
The court is of the opinion that this case in every essential element is precisely like that of Marshall O. Roberts et al. (92 U. S. R., 41). The service was rendered to the Post-Office Department; it. was additional to that required by an express contract existing between the parties ; it was accepted by the Postmaster-General with an agreement or understanding that compensation therefor must be subjectto and dependent upon the future action of Congress; the services rendered under the express contract were duly paid for; and, finally, Congress has passed a special act referring the claim to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Roberts, Trustees v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
3Cited by2 opinions
- Carr v. State ex rel. CoetlosquetIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
- New York Central v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1888