Clark v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The case was thus: Clark entered into a contract with the United States to furnish ail the material and make 221,000 cubic yards of embankment at the Navy Yard at Memphis, Tennessee; the-embankment to be made in such manner and places as should be directed by the engineer, and finished on or before the 15th of July, 1847. The United States engaged, that for the materials and embankment made, &c., according to the contract, there should be…
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. The case was thus: Clark entered into a contract with the United States to furnish ail the material and make 221,000 cubic yards of embankment at the Navy Yard at Memphis, Tennessee; the-embankment to be made in such manner and places as should be directed by the engineer, and finished on or before the 15th of July, 1847. The United States engaged, that for the materials and embankment made, &c., according to the contract, there should be paid, on account of all bills presented for the aforesaid materials and work delivered and executed, “ eighteen cents for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
1. Among the facts found by the court it is stated that “ the officers of government interfered with claimant in the execution of his work, compelling him to dump loose eartl where it was exposed to the direct current of the river, and that they also used the embankment as a roadway to the loss and injury of the claimant; but that all of such acts of which there was sufficient evidence, occurred subsequent to the 15th day of July, 1847, and when claimant was in default in not having performed his said agreement, and completed said embankment.” And they declare the law applicable to this state…
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