Peck v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. Whenever a month is named in these findings, tbe year 1876 is intended unless otherwise specially stated. Fort Buford is situated in latitude 48° north, on tbe north bank of tbe Missouri, nearly opposite tbe mouth of tbe Yellowstone, in tbe center of a reservation of 30 miles square, and in tbe ordinary route from Tongue River cantonment to tbe east.
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The Reporters’ statement of tlie case: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. Whenever a month is named in these findings, tbe year 1876 is intended unless otherwise specially stated. Fort Buford is situated in latitude 48° north, on tbe north bank of tbe Missouri, nearly opposite tbe mouth of tbe Yellowstone, in tbe center of a reservation of 30 miles square, and in tbe ordinary route from Tongue River cantonment to tbe east. Bismarck, tbe nearest settlement, is situated on tbe Missouri, where tbe Northern Pacific Railroad crosses that river, about 226 miles below Fort Buford…
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.,
delivered tbe opinion óf tbe court:
On tbe 26tb of August, 1876, tbe claimant and tbe chief quartermaster of tbe Department of Dakota, on bebalf of tbe defendants, signed a written contract at Saint Paul, in Minnesota, whereby tbe claimant agreed to furnish to tbe defendants, at or near tbe mouth of Tongue Elver, in Montana Territory, 800 tons of bay, tbe delivery to begin on or before tbe 1st October, and also 6,000 cords of good soft wood; and that in case of failure on bis part to deliver any of tbe supplies tbe defendants might supply tbe deficiency, and that any moneys which…
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