Lovell v. United States

- The plaintiff on January 19, 1917, contracted to do certain construction work at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. The contract called for a concrete hollow-tile house, 350 feet of standard railroad, and one loading platform. The Government prior to soliciting bids for the work furnished blue prints and detail plans and specifications of what would be exacted in reference to the same, and the plaintiff had access to and examined the same. Among the blue prints furnished was a contour map. It disclosed the elevation of the dirt surface above a fixed point within the boundaries of…