Legal Opinion
Blair v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1947No. 11826PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, a citizen and resident of Montgomery, Alabama, entered into a contract with the Public Housing Authority of the United States for the removal of a number of prefabricated Government-owned houses from Grenada, Mississippi, to Key West, Florida. Under the contract they were to be taken apart, moved, reconstructed, and made ready for occupancy on a site at Key West, Florida. After the buildings had been removed and reassembled at Key West and about 97.1% reconstructed, a hurricane struck Key West and damaged the houses. The Contracting Officer of the housing…
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- The People v. MosesIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
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