STEELE v. UNITED STATES


113 U.S. 128 (1885)

STEELE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.D. Davidge and Mr. R.B. Washington, for appellants.

Mr. Solicitor-General, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant was the claimant in the Court of Claims. He brought his suit April 30, 1880, to recover from the United States the sum of $3,400 for plumbing done by him on the United States Steamship Quinnebaug under a contract made with I. Hanscom, the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of the Navy Department, on behalf of the government, in the year 1875. There was no dispute that there was due to...

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