McCollum v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: Tbe following are the facts of tbis case as found by tlie court: I. On the 23d of March, 1878, the claimant made a proposition to the Post-Office Department as follows: “Oil City, Penn’a, March 23, 1878. “Hon. JAMBS N. Tyner, “1 st Assistant Postmaster-General, Washington, D. 0.; “Dear Sir: By direction of Mr. H. Olay Hopkins, special agent, I send you the following proposition: I will lease to the department, to he used as a…
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The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: Tbe following are the facts of tbis case as found by tlie court: I. On the 23d of March, 1878, the claimant made a proposition to the Post-Office Department as follows: “Oil City, Penn’a, March 23, 1878. “Hon. JAMBS N. Tyner, “1 st Assistant Postmaster-General, Washington, D. 0.; “Dear Sir: By direction of Mr. H. Olay Hopkins, special agent, I send you the following proposition: I will lease to the department, to he used as a post-office, in my brick block on tbe corner of Centre and Elm streets, Oil City, the east store in tbe block, from April 1st,…
1Opinion of the CourtBichaedsoN, J.
The claimant alleges that in March, 1878, he entered into a contract with the defendants to lease to them for a post-office, certain premises in Oil City, Pa., for five years from April 1, 1878, at an annual rental of $600 a year, and that the defendants have never performed their agreements, whereby he claims damages for breach of contract on their part.
The findings disclose substantially the following facts:
On the 23d of March, 1878, the claimant, by direction of a special agent of the Post-Office Department, addressed a letter to the First Assistant Postmaster-General proposing to lease…
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