Hitchcock v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the ease: This ease was referred, to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury by communication in th¿ words following: “Washington, January 23,1891. “I have the honor to inclosehere with a claim, with attendant papers, made by Charles A. Hitchcock and George Van Zandt, the latter for the use of the Prairie State National Bank of Chicago against the United States.
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The Reporters’ statement of the ease: This ease was referred, to the court by the Secretary of the Treasury by communication in th¿ words following: “Washington, January 23,1891. “I have the honor to inclosehere with a claim, with attendant papers, made by Charles A. Hitchcock and George Van Zandt, the latter for the use of the Prairie State National Bank of Chicago against the United States. “The demand is for the payment of the last installment due Sundberg & Co. for the construction of the custom-house at Galveston, Tex., completed in October, 1890. The contract price was $118,566, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Richakdson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The actual claimants in this case are the Prairie State National Bank and Charles A. Hitchcock, who each seek to recover the amount admitted by the defendants to be due to one or the other.
Sundberg & Co. entered into a written contract with the defendants’ officers to build a custom-house at Galveston, Tex., and gave bond for its faithful performance with Charles A. Hitchcock and others as sureties.
They entered upon the work, and from time to time borrowed money from the Prairie State National Bank upon their own promissory notes. On…
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