International Arms & Fuze Co. v. United States

Plaintiff contends, first, that in the circumstances of this case the Chief of Ordnance of the War Department and the Secretary of War had authority to reconsider the first award of $220,202.40 notwithstanding the general release in connection therewith which was signed by plaintiff; second, that the supplemental allowance of $102,459.85 was inadequate and did not represent the plaintiff’s actual loss because of the suspension or cancellation of the contract before completion and its expenditures for maintenance and overhead from the date of suspension to October 31, 1919, when the last of…