United States v. William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. On November 19, 1890, the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company entered into a contract with the United States to construct what was called “Coast-line battleship No. 1,” but afterwards known as the battleship “ Indiana,” for the sum of $3,020,000, the ship to be completed and ready for delivery to the United States within three years from the date of the contract.
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APPEALS PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. On November 19, 1890, the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company entered into a contract with the United States to construct what was called “Coast-line battleship No. 1,” but afterwards known as the battleship “ Indiana,” for the sum of $3,020,000, the ship to be completed and ready for delivery to the United States within three years from the date of the contract. As a matter of fact the vessel was not completed and delivered until November 19, 1895, but as the delay was occasioned by the United States no damages' were recoverable from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
This case turns on the release executed by the building company on May 18, 1896. It is contended by the claimant that it applies simply to 'claims springing out.of the construction of the vessel, and therefore has no application to the matters for which the judgment was rendered against the Government. The word “construction,” the company says, is limited'to the mere matter of building; that is, the furnishing of materials, the doing of work, and does not include delays or other matters outside the building of the vessel.
To rightly understand the. scope of this release we must consider the…
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