Hellander v. United States

LARAMORE, Judge.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover damages in the amount of $66,349.30 allegedly incurred by him in the performance of a contract with the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of certain earthwork and structures for an irrigation project. His claim is in five counts: (1) as the result of faulty contract specifications, he incurred repair costs in order to build siphons that would not leak. Said repair costs were occasioned by reason of defendant’s use of the irrigation system before it was formally accepted; (2) that upon oral assurance of defendant’s agents that…