Campbell v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters1 statement of the case: This action was transmitted to this court by the Postmaster-General under the provisions of the Bowman Act. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant liad contracts for the following mail routes: No. 10411a, dated September 1C, 1858, for carrying the mails from Jefferson City, Mo., to Versailles, Mo., from October 1, 1858, to June 30, 1862, at $353 per annum.
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The Reporters1 statement of the case: This action was transmitted to this court by the Postmaster-General under the provisions of the Bowman Act. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant liad contracts for the following mail routes: No. 10411a, dated September 1C, 1858, for carrying the mails from Jefferson City, Mo., to Versailles, Mo., from October 1, 1858, to June 30, 1862, at $353 per annum. No. Í0561, dated April 24, 1858, for carrying the mails from Versailles, Mo., to California, Mo., from June 1, 1858, to June 30,1862, at $221 per annum. No. 10564, dated…
1Opinion of the CourtBichardson, J.
This case comes to the court under the second section of the Bowman Act (22 Stat. L., 485), by the following letter of transmission :
“It appearing that a claim is pending in this Department in favor of George Campbell, arising out of the discontinuance of mail service on routes Nos. 10411a, 10561, and 10564, in the State of Missouri, on the 18th day of December, 1861, and it appearing that said claim involves controverted questions of law and fact: Now, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the second section of an act entitled ‘An act to afford assistance and relief to Congress and the…
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