Cleveland Crane & Engineering Co. v. United States

Booth, JucLge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in this case seeks to reopen settlements made ■ in writing between the Government and itself respecting munition contracts cancelled after the armistice. The plaintiff concedes the force o'f the settlements so made, but challenges their finality upon the grounds of duress. Two contracts were entered into between the plaintiff and the Government, one on January 1, 1918, the other April 30, 1918. The subject matter of both undertakings obligated the plaintiff to forge from steel furnished by the Government a large number of pieces…