MacDonald v. United States

This is a suit by William MacDonald and H. V. Ball, contractors, doing business as the Wm. MacDonald Construction Company, to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,050, deducted by the defendant from the contract price of the work involved as liquidated damages for delay in perform-*577«.nee. On February 28, 1925, plaintiff submitted a bid to construct for the United States Veterans’ Bureau a storehouse at Veterans’ Hospital #92, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Plaintiff’s bid was $26,394 and plaintiff agreed to perform the work within 90 calendar days from the date of notification to proceed with…