A contractor had been hired to furnish stone to the United States for a building, as well as to saw, cut, and dress it, all as "required". However, delays in the work had been caused by the United States arising from doubts as to the desirability of completing the building with the particular type of stone, as well as to the desirability of the site itself. Suspensions of work involved the examination of the building's foundation and the stone by several commissions.
The Court held that the contractor could recover damages for the enforced suspensions of, and delays in, the work by the United States.[1] As a side item, the Court held a contract to furnish "all of the dimension stone that may be required in the construction" of a building does not include dimension stone used in "the approaches or steps leading up into the building".
united, states, mueller, 1885, contracts, case, before, united, states, supreme, court, supreme, court, united, statessubmitted, december, 1885decided, january, 1885full, case, namecitations113, more, 946court, membershipchief, justice, morrison, waite, associ. United States v Mueller 113 U S 153 1885 was a contracts case before the United States Supreme Court United States v MuellerSupreme Court of the United StatesSubmitted December 22 1885Decided January 19 1885Full case nameUnited States v MuellerCitations113 U S 153 more 5 S Ct 380 28 L Ed 946Court membershipChief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Samuel F Miller Stephen J FieldJoseph P Bradley John M HarlanWilliam B Woods Stanley MatthewsHorace Gray Samuel BlatchfordCase opinionMajorityBlatchford joined by unanimous A contractor had been hired to furnish stone to the United States for a building as well as to saw cut and dress it all as required However delays in the work had been caused by the United States arising from doubts as to the desirability of completing the building with the particular type of stone as well as to the desirability of the site itself Suspensions of work involved the examination of the building s foundation and the stone by several commissions The Court held that the contractor could recover damages for the enforced suspensions of and delays in the work by the United States 1 As a side item the Court held a contract to furnish all of the dimension stone that may be required in the construction of a building does not include dimension stone used in the approaches or steps leading up into the building See also editList of United States Supreme Court cases volume 113References edit United States v Mueller 113 U S 153 1885 External links editText of United States v Mueller 113 U S 153 1885 is available from Justia Library of Congress nbsp This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States v Mueller amp oldid 1175151783, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
