Davis v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tliecase: The following are the facts of this case, as found by the court: I. In June of 1881, Capt. G. K. Sanderson, of the Eleventh United States Infantry, who was commander of the post at Fort Custer, made an agreement with Donald Stevenson to furnish hay at said fort in the summer and autumn of 1881. Stevenson failed to enter upon the performance of his agreement, and the defendants were compelled to make other arrangements.
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The Reporters’ statement of tliecase: The following are the facts of this case, as found by the court: I. In June of 1881, Capt. G. K. Sanderson, of the Eleventh United States Infantry, who was commander of the post at Fort Custer, made an agreement with Donald Stevenson to furnish hay at said fort in the summer and autumn of 1881. Stevenson failed to enter upon the performance of his agreement, and the defendants were compelled to make other arrangements. The hay which Stevenson was to deliver to the United States was to be cut from the Crow Reservation, in the Territory of Montana, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Weldon, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:
In tbe year 1881 tbe military officer and agent of tbe United States at Fort Custer, in tbe Territory of Montana, made an agreement for tbe delivery of a large quantity of bay at Fort Custer and Fort Smith, in said Territory. Tbe bay was to be cut on tbe “Crow Reservation.” Tbe original contract was with Donald Stevenson, but be having failed, a contract was made with Isaac McNutt, who employed tbe plaintiff to cut and stack bay on said reservation. After tbe making pf tbe contract with plaintiff; a disagreement took place between him and McNutt,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McClure v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884