RIPLEY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 887, 888.

220 U.S. 491 (1911)

RIPLEY v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. RIPLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Robeson, Mr. Benjamin Carter and Mr. F. Carter Pope were on the brief, for Ripley.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson and Mr. Philip M. Ashford, Attorney, for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

These are cross appeals from a judgment entered by the Court of Claims against the United States and in favor of Henry C. Ripley. The claim of Ripley was based upon a written contract between himself and the United States, executed on April 6, 1903, containing numerous stipulations, by which in substance Ripley agreed to furnish materials for and do certain jetty work at Aransas Pass, Texas, authorized by...

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