Mundy v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. James A. Mundy, Joseph Busch, and William B. Johns, the 23d day April, 1891, residing in the State of Pennsylvania, were on said date partners in business, trading under the firm name and style of James A. Mundy & Co. The said William B. Johns has since the institution of this suit departed this life, leaving the said James A. Mundy and the said Joseph Busch…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. James A. Mundy, Joseph Busch, and William B. Johns, the 23d day April, 1891, residing in the State of Pennsylvania, were on said date partners in business, trading under the firm name and style of James A. Mundy & Co. The said William B. Johns has since the institution of this suit departed this life, leaving the said James A. Mundy and the said Joseph Busch as surving partners in their said copartnership. II. On said date, April 23, 1891, the said James A. Mundy, Joseph…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
On an amended petition, filed February 9, 1899, the claimants, James A. Mundy and Joseph Busch, prosecute this suit as surviving partners of William B. Johns, on a contract dated on the 23d day of April, 1891, made between the claimants, their deceased partner, and the defendants, for certain improvements of the harbor between Philadelphia, Pa., and Camden, N. J., as described in certain specifications attached thereto. The contract and specifications are annexed to and made a part of the petition as Exhibit A.
The general project of the work contemplated in the improvement is shown by the…
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