OMAHA v. HAMMOND


94 U.S. 98 (1876)

OMAHA v. HAMMOND.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. S.A. Strickland for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. E. Wakely for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, plaintiff below, sued the city of Omaha on a contract for the construction of two public wells in the streets of that city. The contract was in writing, and by its terms plaintiff was "to sink and construct two wells, . . . said wells to be circular, twelve feet in diameter, and to be curbed with a brick wall nine inches in thickness, and arched over in a secure and proper manner, the whole...

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