P. H. McLaughlin & Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter1 s statement of the case: This case, was previously tried and decided (36 C. Gis. R., 138). The present rests in part on amended pleadings and evidence formerly inadmissible. The rulings of the court remain substantially unchanged, 'but the recovery is somewhat increased.
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The Reporter1 s statement of the case: This case, was previously tried and decided (36 C. Gis. R., 138). The present rests in part on amended pleadings and evidence formerly inadmissible. The rulings of the court remain substantially unchanged, 'but the recovery is somewhat increased. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. That Patrick H. McLaughlin, of Washington, D. 0., Augustus Davis, jr., of Balls ton, Va., and John G. Craig, of Concord, N. H., are citizens of the United States; have at all times yielded true allegiance to the United States; are copart-ners doing a…
1Opinion of the Court
Howry, u.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
Authority was conferred by an act approved March 3,1887, upon the Secretary of the Navy to have constructed a new Naval Observatory on Georgetown Heights, in the city of Washington, D. C.
Pursuant to that authority, the Secretary invited proposals for the construction and erection, by contract, of nine buildings. The specifications with plans (except certain details of work and materials relating to the construction of floors, piers for instruments, and equatorial domes) were to be had on application, and proposals were to be made in accordance with…
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