Lyons v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe ’following are tbe facts of tbis case as found by tbe court: I. February 19,1887, tbe following was issued as an advertisement': “Sealed proposals for eavtb filling around tbe terrace at tbe base of tbe Washington Monument will be received at tbis office until 12 m. on Thursday, tbe lOtb day of March, 1887,_ and opened immediately thereafter in tbe presence of bidders.' “Specifications and other information may be obtained at tbis…
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe ’following are tbe facts of tbis case as found by tbe court: I. February 19,1887, tbe following was issued as an advertisement': “Sealed proposals for eavtb filling around tbe terrace at tbe base of tbe Washington Monument will be received at tbis office until 12 m. on Thursday, tbe lOtb day of March, 1887,_ and opened immediately thereafter in tbe presence of bidders.' “Specifications and other information may be obtained at tbis office. “Thos. Lincoln Casey, “ Colonel, Corps of Engineers.” Tbe specifications therein referred to are set forth in tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, J.j
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an action on a contract entered into by and between the claimant and the defendants on the 19th day of March, 1887, whereby the claimant agreed to “furnish, deliver, and deposit around the base of the Washington Monument, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, 250,000 cubic yards of earth filling, more or less, for the sum of 39 cents per cubic yard, to be paid to the said party of the second part in lawful money of the United States, said filling to extend over the pond just north of said Monument.”
The specifications show that a…
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