Christie v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . The facts, which involve the rights of a contractor for compensation for work done under a contract with the United States for the construction of locks and dams bn the Warrior River, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Action for damages in the sum of $207,304.50 brought by appellants against the United States, growing out of a contract with the United States on the nineteenth of February, 1900, for the construction of three locks and dams on the Warrior river in Alabama.
The work was completed and accepted in November, 1903.
The items of damage were: delay in permitting commencement of the work; for construction of wagon roads; greater expense of excavation and pile driving due to misrepresentation of the materials in the specifications and drawings; increase in excavation due to the “angle of repose” fixed…
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