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WM. CRAMP & SONS v. UNITED STATES

No. 92.

216 U.S. 494 (1910)

30 S.Ct. 392

54 L.Ed. 587

WILLIAM CRAMP AND SONS SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. Hayden, with whom Mr. Robert C. Hayden was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson and Mr. Franklin W. Collins for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

On September 24, 1896, the appellant entered into a contract with the United States for the building of an ironclad, afterwards known as the "Alabama." The contract was authorized by act of Congress of June 10, 1896, c. 399, c. 29 Stat. 361, 378. Under this act and that of August 3, 1886, c. 849, 24 Stat. 215, to which it refers, the Secretary of the Navy was charged...

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