Potashnick v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

The facts material to the claims presented in this action are set forth in the findings. Shortly after October 14, 1942, the District Engineer, U. S. Engineer Office, Vicksburg, Mississippi, issued an invitation for bids for certain excavation, grading, drainage and paving of runways and taxi ways necessary for the construction of an airport at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Prior to the invitation for bids, the defendant’s engineers in charge of the project prepared certain specifications and drawings for the work. Also, before the invitation for bids was issued, the defendant’s…