Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with Report of Decisions of the Supreme Court in Court of Claims Cases, Volume 124The Court, 1953 |
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... estimated volume of sawlogs being 10,100,000 board feet , more or less , for the price of $ 23.50 per thousand feet . Where plain- tiffs were permitted to cut only 6,602,210 board feet and sue to recover for the balance of the full ...
... estimated volume of sawlogs being 10,100,000 board feet , more or less , for the price of $ 23.50 per thousand feet . Where plain- tiffs were permitted to cut only 6,602,210 board feet and sue to recover for the balance of the full ...
Page 60
... estimate not recoverable . - Plaintiffs are not entitled to recover for the full amount covered by the estimate . Only one - half of the difference between the amount estimated and the amount cut falls within the terms of the contract ...
... estimate not recoverable . - Plaintiffs are not entitled to recover for the full amount covered by the estimate . Only one - half of the difference between the amount estimated and the amount cut falls within the terms of the contract ...
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... estimated to be approximately 10,600 M feet b . m . , more or less , of ponderosa pine , sugar pine , Douglas fir ... estimating of timber to be removed from the Allen Ranch burn . Opinion of the Court 124 C. Cls . A contract THEODORE ...
... estimated to be approximately 10,600 M feet b . m . , more or less , of ponderosa pine , sugar pine , Douglas fir ... estimating of timber to be removed from the Allen Ranch burn . Opinion of the Court 124 C. Cls . A contract THEODORE ...
Page 62
... estimate as worded in the contract amounted to a warrant and a promise , and that the defendant breached its contract in refusing to mark trees in the virgin area . The defendant answers that the 10,100,000 board feet was purely an estimate ...
... estimate as worded in the contract amounted to a warrant and a promise , and that the defendant breached its contract in refusing to mark trees in the virgin area . The defendant answers that the 10,100,000 board feet was purely an estimate ...
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... estimate was in good faith and seemed rea- sonable at the time it was made . The crucial fact in the case is that the contract called for " all the dead timber standing or down and all the live timber marked or designated for cut- ting ...
... estimate was in good faith and seemed rea- sonable at the time it was made . The crucial fact in the case is that the contract called for " all the dead timber standing or down and all the live timber marked or designated for cut- ting ...
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Page 36 - paid or incurred", dependent upon the method of accounting upon the basis of which the net income is computed, unless in order to clearly reflect the income the deductions or credits should be taken as of a different period.
Page 755 - In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, by order of court, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included.
Page 630 - Conveyances: Deed, instrument, or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction, when the consideration or value of the interest or property conveyed, exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of sale, exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 50 cents; and for each additional...
Page 393 - Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make if this act had never passed.
Page 13 - EQUITY INVESTED CAPITAL. (a) DEFINITION. — The equity invested capital for any day of any taxable year shall be determined as of the beginning of such day and shall be the sum of the following amounts, reduced as provided in subsection (b) — (1) MONET PAID IN.
Page 492 - CONCLUSION OF LAW Upon the foregoing special findings of fact, which are made a part of the judgment herein, the court concludes that as a matter of law the plaintiff is not entitled to recover, and the petition is therefore dismissed.
Page 58 - ... and if it has intimated its will, however indirectly, that will should be recognized and obeyed. The major premise of the conclusion expressed in a statute, the change of policy that induces the enactment, may not be set out in terms, but it is not an adequate discharge of duty for courts to say: We see what you are driving at, but you have not said it, and therefore we shall go on as before.
Page 176 - Conclusion of Law Upon the foregoing special findings of fact, which are made a part of the judgment herein, the court concludes that as a matter of law the plaintiff is not entitled to recover, and the petition is therefore dismissed.
Page 165 - If the principal shall well and truly perform and fulfill all the undertakings, covenants, terms, conditions, and agreements of said contract during the original term of said contract and any extensions thereof that may be granted by the Government, with or without notice to the surety, and during the life of any guaranty required under the contract, and shall also well and truly perform and fulfill all the undertakings, covenants, terms, conditions and agreements...
Page 436 - Any officer so retired who has over thirty years' service or any officer so retired who served in any capacity as a member of the military or naval forces of the United States prior to November 12, 1918...