National Surety Corp. v. United States

The question presented in this case is whether under the provisions of art. 9 of the contract the Government is entitled to liquidated damages *682for delay until completion of the work called for by the contract; and, also, the actual excess costs of completing the contract, when the contractor without any action by or fault on the part of the Government discontinued work thereunder and notified the Government, upon being ordered to proceed with the work and prosecute it to completion, that it could not continue with and prosecute the work or any part thereof to completion. Under that article…