Hood & Gross v. United States

Plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant through the Director of Procurement, Treasury Department, for the construction of a Post Office Building at Red Lion, Pennsylvania, on April 25, 1935. The specifications, which were a part of the contract, provided that the plaintiff was to pay the prevailing rates of wages in the locality. Prior to commencing work representatives of the plaintiff and the defendant made a survey of York County, Pennsylvania, in which the Post Office was to be located, and ascertained and *265determined the prevailing rates of wages to be applicable to the…