Carman v. United States

Plaintiff seeks to recover additional compensation for extra work performed in reclearing certain areas in connection with its contract to clear an area in the vicinity of the Heyburn Dam Project. Plaintiff contends that it is entitled to the extra compensation on the ground that the order to reclear the area in question amounted to a change under Article 8 of the contract, or in the alternative, that the flood which occurred on May 19,1949, and which occasioned the extra work, was a changed condition within the meaning of Article 4 of the contract. Defendant urges that plaintiff has failed…