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... suit at a cost of about $ 27,000 . Now , that , at this time at least , is not primarily in dispute . The fact is it was a suit for a million dollars , and from reading the record I take it ably defended , purely on the question of fact ...
... suit at a cost of about $ 27,000 . Now , that , at this time at least , is not primarily in dispute . The fact is it was a suit for a million dollars , and from reading the record I take it ably defended , purely on the question of fact ...
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... suit claiming that that had not been done . Was it not declared in the suit that they had made that arrangement ? Mr. SIMMONS . In the record , as far as I can find , nothing is said about that . The main defense of the suit was this ...
... suit claiming that that had not been done . Was it not declared in the suit that they had made that arrangement ? Mr. SIMMONS . In the record , as far as I can find , nothing is said about that . The main defense of the suit was this ...
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... suit was filed the Turner Construction Co. asked the Government to defend it ; the record does show that they referred the matter to the district attorney up there and he took some preliminary steps , but did not go further than that in ...
... suit was filed the Turner Construction Co. asked the Government to defend it ; the record does show that they referred the matter to the district attorney up there and he took some preliminary steps , but did not go further than that in ...
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... suits are brought of this kind , the Government should be responsible for the cost of defending them , which is a very proper question . Now , in the first place , and in partial answer to that , I wish to state that the difficulty ...
... suits are brought of this kind , the Government should be responsible for the cost of defending them , which is a very proper question . Now , in the first place , and in partial answer to that , I wish to state that the difficulty ...
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... suit until the New Jersey Central sent us a letter in which , if I may read a little of it- The CHAIRMAN . What is the date of that ? Mr. HULSE . This is a letter dated February 27 , 1920 , from the general counsel of the New Jersey ...
... suit until the New Jersey Central sent us a letter in which , if I may read a little of it- The CHAIRMAN . What is the date of that ? Mr. HULSE . This is a letter dated February 27 , 1920 , from the general counsel of the New Jersey ...
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Page 36 - States, is or shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom, but this article shall not apply to this contract so far as it may be within the operation or exception of section 116 of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stats., 1109).
Page 38 - States: provided, that sections eighteen hundred and fifty and eighteen hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not apply to the territory of Hawaii.
Page 9 - On this day of . 19 — , before me personally appeared , to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
Page 23 - The making of the Improvements necessarily involves the taking of the property; and If, for the want of formal proceedings for its condemnation to public use, the claimant was entitled, at the beginning of the work, to have the agents of the government enjoined from prosecuting It until provision was made for securing, in some way, payment of the compensation required by the Constitution — upon which question we express no opinion — there Is no sound reason why the claimant might not waive that...
Page 38 - President, is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said...
Page 38 - States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twentyfour, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code.
Page 20 - An Act to Provide relief in cases of contracts connected with the prosecution of the war, and for other purposes...
Page 7 - Philippines) grants to the Government of the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the United States) the right to retain the use of the bases in the Philippines listed in Annex A attached hereto.
Page 6 - War may thereupon settle or cause to be settled such dispute, and the contractor agrees to accede to and comply with all the terms of such settlement. If the contractor is thereby required to pay labor costs higher than those...
Page 27 - Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this Seventeenth day of September, AD 1866, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Ninety first.