R. C. Huffman Construction Co. v. United States

The plaintiff had a contract with the defendant for the dredging of a portion of Raisin River at Monroe Harbor, Michigan. In carrying it out it encountered considerably more hardpan than it had expected. It sues to recover addi*111tional compensation, claiming that it is entitled to an equitable adjustment on this account. It also sues for the cost of removing some material which collected in the channel of the river after the dredging had been done, and to recover liquidated damages deducted, and, finally, for increased costs incurred as the result of the enactment of the National Industrial…