Phoenix Iron Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the 'case: The following are the facts of. the case as found by tbe court: I. The claimant is a corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania,': having its principal place of business in the city of Philadelphia. For many years it has been engaged in the manufacture of structural steel work and the erection of the framework' of large buildings. ■II.
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The Reporter's statement of the 'case: The following are the facts of. the case as found by tbe court: I. The claimant is a corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania,': having its principal place of business in the city of Philadelphia. For many years it has been engaged in the manufacture of structural steel work and the erection of the framework' of large buildings. ■II. On March 26, 1900, representatives of the claimant and of the United States executed a contract for the manufacture ■ and erection of the steel framework of the Government Printing Office, in…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
The claimant is a corporation created under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and on the 26th of March, 1900, made a contract with the defendants for the steel framework for the new Government Printing Office in the city of Washington, which contract and specifications are made a part of the petition as Exhibit A.
By the terms of the contract the United States was required to furnish claimant with necessary drawings. The claimant was required to make its own shop drawings, and to furnish the engineer of the defendants with copies for comparison. Such detailed drawings were furnished by…
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