Callahan Construction Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On May 19,1899, the claimant, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska and the United States, acting by W. L. Marshall, major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, entered into a contract, approved by the Chief of Engineers on June 28, 1889, for the construction of certain earthwork on the feeder of the Illinois and Mississippi…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On May 19,1899, the claimant, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska and the United States, acting by W. L. Marshall, major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, entered into a contract, approved by the Chief of Engineers on June 28, 1889, for the construction of certain earthwork on the feeder of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Said contract and the specifications thereto annexed, together with the advertisement for the same, are attached to…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
This suit grows out of a contract for the construction of earthwork along 9 miles of the feeder of the Illinois & Mississippi Canal under the Engineering Department of the Army. A copy of this contract and the specifications thereto belonging, together with a copy of a paper giving information to bidders, entitled “Available quantities of material for embankment,” are attached to the petition and made a part- thereof.
This “ earthwork,” according to the terms of the contract, called for excavation in some places and the building of embankments in others; while the price for this work varied on…
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