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RIPLEY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 498, 499.

223 U.S. 695 (1912)

32 S.Ct. 352

56 L.Ed. 614

RIPLEY v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. RIPLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Robeson, Mr. Benjamin Carter and Mr. F. Carter Pope for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson and Mr. Philip M. Ashford for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff sued the United States in the Court of Claims for damages sustained by him while carrying out a contract to build a jetty in the harbor of Aransas Pass, Texas. There were nine items in his claim which aggregated $45,950. The court rendered judgment in his favor for $14,732.05. Both parties appealed — the contractor on the ground that he was awarded too...

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