Cape Ann Granite Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts found by tbe court, so far as they relate to tbe questions of law determined : I. Tbe United States made with claimant the following contract, dated July 13, 1869: “This indenture of lease andcontract, made and entered into this thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, by and between Gridley J. F. Bryant, superintending architectof the Treasury Department at Boston, Massachusetts,…
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The Reporters' statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts found by tbe court, so far as they relate to tbe questions of law determined : I. Tbe United States made with claimant the following contract, dated July 13, 1869: “This indenture of lease andcontract, made and entered into this thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, by and between Gridley J. F. Bryant, superintending architectof the Treasury Department at Boston, Massachusetts, acting for and in behalf of the United States, under the authority and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
In the year 1869, the claimant, a corporation of the State of' Massachusetts, made two written contracts with the United States, and, among other things, agreed to deliver to them an indefinite quantity of granite, to be used in the erection of a, post-office and sub-treasury building in the city of Boston.
The first agreement was made on the 13th of July and the-second on the 26th of October, 1869, both of which were ex*7tended by act of the parties. The contracts ~and extensions will be found in finding I, or so muela of them as is material to be considered in the discussion and determination…
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