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TILLSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 227.

129 U.S. 101 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 255

32 L.Ed. 636

TILLSON, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Halbert E. Paine for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Howard (with whom was Mr. W.I. Hill) for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit to recover money under contracts made in 1873 and 1877 between the supervising architect of the Treasury, in behalf of the United States, and the petitioners. The Court of Claims dismissed the petition. 20 C. Cl. 213. The petitioners appealed, and at the argument in this court have insisted upon two claims only.

By the contract of 1873, the petitioners agreed to cut and furnish from their...

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