Legal Opinion
Russell & Pugh Lumber Company v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided June 7, 1961No. 322-59PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURFEE, Judge.
The plaintiff and the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, entered into a contract for the sale of an estimated quantity of standing timber on designated public lands. After the full contract price had been paid it was discovered by the contractor that there was a deficiency of about twenty percent between the number of board feet estimated in the contract and the number of board feet contained in the designated trees actually cut and removed. Administrative claim on the Department of the Interior for the amount of the shortage was properly made and has been…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brawley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1947
- John J. Bowes Co. v. Inhabitants of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Breese Burners, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
- Korrick v. TullerArizona Supreme Court · 1933
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3Cited by17 opinions
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