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ALVORD v. UNITED STATES

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95 U.S. 356 (1877)

24 L.Ed. 414

ALVORD, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 12, 1877.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas Wilson and Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson for the appellant.

The Solicitor-General, contra.

MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

It appears by the findings of the Court of Claims, from whose judgment this case is appealed, that, by five different written contracts made in 1858, appellant agreed with the Postmaster-General to carry the mail over as many different routes between Iowa City, in the State of Iowa, and Fort Kearney, in Nebraska. On the 25th of July, 1861, it was agreed between him and the Postmaster-General, that, for an improved...

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