Ruffee v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the-Proofs. The Reporters1 statement of the case: 'The following are tlie facts of this case as found by the court: I. In the winter of 18G7-’68, the claimant had the hauling contract on Route 4 in the Quartermaster’s Department, and a contract to carry the mail from Fort Totten to-, Montana. Some of his force being unemployed, he proposed in writing to Col.
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On the-Proofs. The Reporters1 statement of the case: 'The following are tlie facts of this case as found by the court: I. In the winter of 18G7-’68, the claimant had the hauling contract on Route 4 in the Quartermaster’s Department, and a contract to carry the mail from Fort Totten to-, Montana. Some of his force being unemployed, he proposed in writing to Col. S. B. Holabird, chief quartermaster of the Department of Dakota, to cut and cord wood in the vicinity of Fort Totten for a price therein named. II. The said Holabird thereupon in writing accei>ted the said proposition rtpon the…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
In the winter of 1867-’68, the chief quartermaster of the Department of Dakota employed the claimant to cut and cord wood on the reservation near Fort Totten in Montana. He was to cut from 500 to 800 cords, more or less, according to the needs of the post; and he complied with his contract. After the wood was cut a quantity was stolen by half-breeds, and the practical question for our decision is upon whom this loss shall fall.
The claimant undoubtedly cut more cords than were measured and accepted by the government, and he claims that he should be allowed for the full amount cut by him, from…
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- Brawley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875