Proffit v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. That on or about the 15th day of September, 1896, the Postmaster-General of the United.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. That on or about the 15th day of September, 1896, the Postmaster-General of the United. States caused to be ^published an advertisement inviting proposals for the performance of the covered regulation wagon, mail-messenger, transfer, and mail-station service in the cities, among'others, of Washington, D. C., and Baltimore’ Md., upon the mail routes known as No. 413002, in Washington, D. O., and No. 413001, in Baltimore, Md., for the period from the 1st day of July, 1897, to the 30th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, J.
The contentions involved in this litigation arise out of a postal contract. The claimant entered into an agreement *258with the Post-Office Department on July. 1, 1897, for the performance of the covered regulation wagon, mail-messenger, transfer, and mail-station postal service in the cities of Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D. C. The contract extended over a period of four years, and by its terms imposed upon the claimant the performance of “ anj'’ and all new or additional service ” of the character above described without additional compensation. The amounts claimed in this case are alleged…
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