Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case, as found by the court: I. On September 25, 1896, the defendant advertised for sealed proposals, to be received until 2 o’clock p. m., October 28,1896, and opened immediately thereafter, for all the labor and materials required for the interior finish of basement, first story, etc., of the United States post-office, Washington, D. 0., in accordance with drawings and specifications, copy of which…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case, as found by the court: I. On September 25, 1896, the defendant advertised for sealed proposals, to be received until 2 o’clock p. m., October 28,1896, and opened immediately thereafter, for all the labor and materials required for the interior finish of basement, first story, etc., of the United States post-office, Washington, D. 0., in accordance with drawings and specifications, copy of which may be had at the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, or of the superintendent, at Washington. Under said…
1Opinion of the CourtWrigi-it, J.
The question arising for decision on findings iv to ix, inclusive, is whether claimant can recover, under the clause of the contract quoted in the first finding, for the alleged damages for the delays caused by the defendants, as found and recited in the findings of the court.
*132The legal effect of the part of the contract referred to is, that the entire work covered by the contract was to be completed within eight months from the date of the approval of the bond, and that any particular portion of the work should be completed within such reasonable time as might thereafter be definitely…
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