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SAND FILTRATION CORPORATION v. COWARDIN

No. 123.

213 U.S. 360 (1909)

29 S.Ct. 509

53 L.Ed. 833

SAND FILTRATION CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. COWARDIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.S. Worthington, with whom Mr. Charles L. Frailey was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles Cowles Tucker and Mr. Reginald S. Huidekoper, with whom Mr. J. Miller Kenyon was on the brief, for appellees May and Jekyll.

Mr. J.J. Darlington filed a brief in behalf of appellees Cowardin, Bradley, Clay and Stagg.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents a question as to the proper construction of a certain contract. It arises as follows: Cowardin, Bradley, Clay & Company, hereinafter called the Cowardin Company, had a contract with the Government of the United States for the construction of a filtration plant in the city of Washington. In the partial performance of the contract they had expended about...

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