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ATLANTIC, GULF & c. CO. v. GOVT. OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

No. 64.

219 U.S. 17 (1910)

THE ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC COMPANY, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 19, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Russell Soley, with whom Mr. H.C. Dickinson was on the brief, for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Denison for the appellee, and defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action upon a contract for an extension to the Luneta of the city of Manila. Both courts below decided for the Government, the defendant, upon demurrer to the complaint. Abridged, the allegations are these: A contract for the work was made on July 24, 1905. On May 1, 1906, about 200 feet of bulkhead and rock revetment were displaced by pressure from the inside...

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