Kennedy 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. The claimant, in October and December, 1882, entered into two contracts with defendants, which are correctly stated in the petition. Amos Stickney, major of engineers, acted for and in behalf of the United States. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, in October and December, 1882, entered into two contracts with defendants, which are correctly stated in the petition. Amos Stickney, major of engineers, acted for and in behalf of the United States. II. The time for the completion of the first contract was extended to March 1,1883. Then a further extension was granted to October 1, 1883; another extension to December 15, 1883; and upon a fourth application for extension of time the following correspondence took place between…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
In October and December of the year 1882 the claimant entered into two written contracts with the United States, both of which are alleged in extenso in the petition. Under those contracts the claimant was to perform a large amount of work in building levees on the Mississippi Kiver, in the State of. Louisiana, and for which he was to receive a stated compensation, to be paid by the defendants as the work progressed. In the making of said contracts Major Stickney represented the United States, and to him or his successors is reserved, by the terms of the contracts, much power and discretion,…
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