Barrett Co. v. United States

This is an appeal from the Court of Claims under §§ 242 and 243 of the Judicial Code from a judgment of February 16, 1925, before the effective date of the Act of February 13, 1925, ’ § 14, c. 229, 43 Stat. 936.

• The findings of fact by the Court of Claims show that the Barrett Company, the claimant and appellant, a corporation under the laws of New Jersey, entered into a contract with the United States by which it undertook, with funds provided by the Government, to erect a plant at Frankford, Pennsylvania, for the distillation of xylol at the rate of 225,000 gallons per month, and, after…