Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States, Volume 53W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1919 |
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... completion of the work , and the decision of the court in the Zimmerman case , 43 C. Cls . , 525 , where the court at p . 564 said : " As it is shown that this interpretation was accepted with- out objection by the contractors and acted ...
... completion of the work , and the decision of the court in the Zimmerman case , 43 C. Cls . , 525 , where the court at p . 564 said : " As it is shown that this interpretation was accepted with- out objection by the contractors and acted ...
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... completed within the time speci- fied by the contract . The plaintiff in the face of these circumstances attributes his loss to the actions of the officers of the United States and insists that the defendants should be required to make ...
... completed within the time speci- fied by the contract . The plaintiff in the face of these circumstances attributes his loss to the actions of the officers of the United States and insists that the defendants should be required to make ...
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... completed work . " It does not appear from the evidence that the officer in charge exceeded his authority , or that he was unfair or arbitrary in his inspections . The extra work of recutting the stone was paid for by the granite ...
... completed work . " It does not appear from the evidence that the officer in charge exceeded his authority , or that he was unfair or arbitrary in his inspections . The extra work of recutting the stone was paid for by the granite ...
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... completed late in December , 1910 ; the cost to the United States of superintendence and inspection of the work from August 2 , 1910 , to the time of the final completion of the work was $ 1,192 ; this amount was de- ducted from the ...
... completed late in December , 1910 ; the cost to the United States of superintendence and inspection of the work from August 2 , 1910 , to the time of the final completion of the work was $ 1,192 ; this amount was de- ducted from the ...
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... completed it was neces- sary to refill the excavation around it . This refill included refilling the 32,000.68 cubic yards of excavation referred to in Finding IX above . The claimant was paid for refill upon the same basis as ...
... completed it was neces- sary to refill the excavation around it . This refill included refilling the 32,000.68 cubic yards of excavation referred to in Finding IX above . The claimant was paid for refill upon the same basis as ...
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Page 44 - Columbia, shall be subject to pay annually a special excise tax with respect to the carrying on or doing business by such corporation, joint stock company or association, or insurance company, equivalent to one per centum upon the entire net income over and above five thousand dollars received by it from all sources during such year...
Page 327 - Congress making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and under subsequent acts, subject, however, to the limitations hereinafter provided.
Page xxv - President, is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twentyfour, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code.
Page xxxvi - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page xxx - ... against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation...
Page xxxiii - That just compensation shall be made for such supervision, possession, control, or operation, to be determined by the President ; and if the amount thereof, so determined by the President, is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said...
Page 529 - ... may order a temporary removal of such aliens for examination at a designated time and place, and then and there detain them until a thorough inspection is made.
Page xxiii - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any corporation or other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear before the commission, or to produce documentary evidence...
Page 56 - Stat. 704, 705, amended the act of 1910 to readThat whenever an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States shall hereafter be used or manufactured by or for the United States...
Page 343 - If the breach consists in preventing the performance of the contract, without the fault of the other party, who is willing to perform it, the...