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UNITED STATES v. WM. CRAMP & SONS CO.

Nos. 263, 264.

206 U.S. 118 (1907)

UNITED STATES v. WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP & ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY. WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP & ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Van Orsdel, with whom Mr. Charles C. Binney was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. John C. Fay and Mr. Holmes Conrad, with whom Mr. Eppa Hunton was on the brief, for the Cramp Company.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case turns on the release executed by the building company on May 18, 1896. It is contended by the claimant that it applies simply to claims springing out of the construction of the vessel, and therefore has no application to the matters for which the judgment was rendered against the Government. The word "construction," the...

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