George v. United States
United States Court of Claims
This action was brought to recover for carrying the mails in Missouri in 1861. The following are the facts found by the court: I. The contract mentioned in the claimant’s petition was duly -executed by both parties and set forth in full m the exhibit thereto as therein stated. II.
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This action was brought to recover for carrying the mails in Missouri in 1861. The following are the facts found by the court: I. The contract mentioned in the claimant’s petition was duly -executed by both parties and set forth in full m the exhibit thereto as therein stated. II. Claimant carried the mail under this contract for a period ■of three months, to wit, from April 11, 1861, to July 11, 1861, and then, without permission, without notice of his intention so to do, and without notice of danger or request for protection, abandoned it, because the war at that time rendered it unsafe and…
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · ScofieldScofield, J.
The claimant contracted with the Post-Office Department to carry the mail once a week between Eminence and Thomas-ville, in the State of Missouri, from April 11, 1861, to June 30, *4341862, for $232 a year.. Under this contract he carried the mail for three months, and then, finding it impracticable to-fulfill his contract in consequence of the rebellion, without permission or notice abandoned it all together. Nothing whatever has been paid him for the three months of service.
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3Cases cited2 opinions
- Hukill v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1880
- Huffman v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1881
4Cited by1 opinion
- Campbell v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884