S. M. Siesel Co. v. United States

This action involves the construction of a contract entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant on the 19th day *596of September 1931, whereby the plaintiff agreed to “furnish all labor and materials, and perform all work required for construction of foundations, etc., for the U. S. Department of Justice Building, Washington, D. C.,” in the sum of $949,000 in accordance with the specifications, schedules and drawings attached to the contract.

When the plaintiff made its estimate on which its bid was based it had before it a copy of the specifications and drawings. Section 114 of the…