Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States, Volume 53W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1919 |
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... performed and material furnished . The court held " under that stipulation the company was bound to employ a competent , upright , and trustworthy person as such engineer , and to see to it that he performed the serv- ices expected of ...
... performed and material furnished . The court held " under that stipulation the company was bound to employ a competent , upright , and trustworthy person as such engineer , and to see to it that he performed the serv- ices expected of ...
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... performed . " If the plaintiff had established his right to recover on any one of the items of his claim , the court would neverthe- less be unable to render judgment in his favor , as he has failed to lay a proper foundation for the ...
... performed . " If the plaintiff had established his right to recover on any one of the items of his claim , the court would neverthe- less be unable to render judgment in his favor , as he has failed to lay a proper foundation for the ...
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... perform the work properly , and the engineer officer said so , as it was his duty to do . He did not order the machinery to be taken down , but the plaintiff abandoned it of his own volition , as it was necessary he should do , the ...
... perform the work properly , and the engineer officer said so , as it was his duty to do . He did not order the machinery to be taken down , but the plaintiff abandoned it of his own volition , as it was necessary he should do , the ...
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United States. Court of Claims. Argument for the Plaintiff . performed contract and sues for failure of the United States to comply with the contract , claiming damages . Contract , extent of . - There being nothing in the contract ...
United States. Court of Claims. Argument for the Plaintiff . performed contract and sues for failure of the United States to comply with the contract , claiming damages . Contract , extent of . - There being nothing in the contract ...
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... U. S. , 168 , 173 . The plaintiff failed to perform the contract . The only things which will excuse the nonperformance of a contract Reporter's Statement of the Case . are the act of 24 [ 53 C. Cls . DECEMBER TERM , 1917-18 .
... U. S. , 168 , 173 . The plaintiff failed to perform the contract . The only things which will excuse the nonperformance of a contract Reporter's Statement of the Case . are the act of 24 [ 53 C. Cls . DECEMBER TERM , 1917-18 .
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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...