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UNITED STATES EX REL. INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTING CO. v. LAMONT

No. 689.

155 U.S. 303 (1894)

UNITED STATES ex rel. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTING COMPANY v. LAMONT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.S. Worthington for plaintiff in error. Mr. William N. Cromwell, Mr. William J. Curtis, Mr. W.W. Dudley, and Mr. L.T. Michner were on his brief.

Mr. Solicitor General Maxwell, for defendants in error, submitted on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

Much was said in argument at bar upon the question of when a contract is to be regarded as completed under the circumstances here presented, and the discussion concerning the authority of the Secretary of War to review the action of an officer of engineers in such a case, and to direct a new adjudication, has taken a wide range. We deem the consideration of both these points unnecessary...

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