Brown v. District of Columbia
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: These cases were previously before the court (see ante, p. —), when, upou the defendant’s motion, they were consolidated. They now come before the court for final hearing.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: These cases were previously before the court (see ante, p. —), when, upou the defendant’s motion, they were consolidated. They now come before the court for final hearing. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. Frank H. Finley entered into a contract in writing, with the board of public works (No. 795), dated July 28, 1873, by which he agreed, among other things, to lay blue-stone pavement on K street, between North Capitol and Seventh streets, in the city of Washington, and to construct sewers on said street between those limits, the…
1Opinion of the CourtBici-iardsoN, J.
The complications which arose upon the allegations of the several petitions in these five cases, and the plea of set-off and counter-claim filed by the defendant, increased by the fact that the suits were all brought in the names of alleged assignees of the original contractor and creditor, and he was not made a party to the proceedings, have been very much reduced since the recent order of the court consolidating the cases and directing that the assignor be cited in to prove any claim which he might have, or be concluded by the judgment of the court therein.
Frank H. Finley, the assignor, was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- McElrath v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Brashear v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- Insurance Co. v. PiaggioSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Lawrence v. . American National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Timms v. Shannon ex rel. ShannonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1862
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- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1887
- United States v. D'Olier Engineering Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1914
- Campbell v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1883
- Barnard v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1885
- Sanders v. District of ColumbiaUnited States Court of Claims · 1885
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