Tacoma Dredging Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The amount of material dredged was to be determined by its being “ measured in place ” — that is, within the prescribed lines fixed by the engineer officer — the method of measurement being to make a survey before beginning work and another after the work was completed, and the final payment therefor was to be based entirely upon the difference between the survey made before beginning work and the final survey.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The amount of material dredged was to be determined by its being “ measured in place ” — that is, within the prescribed lines fixed by the engineer officer — the method of measurement being to make a survey before beginning work and another after the work was completed, and the final payment therefor was to be based entirely upon the difference between the survey made before beginning work and the final survey. Any material washed into the area indicated by the designatea lines from the outside after the dredging began could not have been measured in…
1Opinion of the CourtHay, Judge
This is a suit brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant the sum of $8,011.58, alleged to be due the plain*450tiff for dredging 67,000 cubic yards of material in Los An-geles Harbor. The plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant by which it agreed, in conformity with the advertisement and specifications attached to and made part of the contract, to do the work of dredging in division C at Los Angeles Harbor; and the defendants agreed, in consideration of that service, that “ the contracting officer shall pay to the said contractor the sum of eight and nine thousand seven…
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