James Stewart & Co. v. United States

Plaintiff sues for additional costs incurred in carrying out a contract with the defendant, asserting that the defendant by misrepresentation and nondisclosure misled plaintiff into contracting with it, to plaintiff’s damage.

*106Plaintiff contracted on March 2,1984. to build a ramp and subway just north of and leading into the basement of the new Labor Department building in Washington, D. C. When it began the excavation for the job, it encountered heavily reinforced concrete footings, not visible on the surface and not mentioned in the specifications, and not contemplated by plaintiff in making…