Stiers v. United States

Plaintiffs entered into a contract with the defendant to-protect, preserve and maintain the Illinois Ordnance Plant which during World War II had been a shell and bomb-loading plant, and which had, at the time, been deactivated.. A detailed statement of the services to be rendered is. set out in finding 5.

*168The plant and facilities included some 22,000 acres of land ■and 532 buildings, together with railroad lines, roads, water -filtration and sewage disposal plants, and fire stations.

Prior to the execution of the contract and after the facility had been deactivated, the War Assets…