Evans v. United States

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

The appellants brought this action against the United States in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The complaint alleged:

1. That the action was brought under the War Contracts Hardship Claims Act of August 7, 1946, as amended, 60 Stat. 902, 62 Stat. 992, 41 U.S.C.A. § 106 note, “for relief from losses incurred between September 16, 1940, and August 14, 1945,” without negligence on the part of appellants in the performance of a contract entered into between appellants and the United States, under which appellants agreed to furnish the…