Atlantic Dredging Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter’s statement of the case: Defendants’ contentions are that the material did not differ to an unreasonable extent from what it was indicated to be in the specifications; that plaintiffs were expressly required to make their own investigation of the material to be dredged and specifically informed that no allowance would be made by the failure of the contractor to estimate correctly the difficulties attending the execution of the work; that they were allowed ample…
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The Reporter’s statement of the case: Defendants’ contentions are that the material did not differ to an unreasonable extent from what it was indicated to be in the specifications; that plaintiffs were expressly required to make their own investigation of the material to be dredged and specifically informed that no allowance would be made by the failure of the contractor to estimate correctly the difficulties attending the execution of the work; that they were allowed ample time within which to make such investigation; that the description of the material in the specifications was expressly…
1Opinion of the CourtHat, Judge
On December 18, 1912, the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendants whereby it agreed to dredge to a depth of 35 feet below the plane of mean low water a certain section of the Delaware Eiver, designated as lower end of Mifflin Eange, Connecting Eange, and upper end of Tinicum Eange. The width of said dredging was to be 800 feet in the straight parts and 1,000 feet in the bends. The plaintiff was to receive for its work 0.1299 cents per cubic yard, scow. measurement.
The specifications, which were made a part of the contract, stated that the material to be removed is believed to…
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