Raylaine Worsteds, Inc. v. United States

The plaintiff makes its claim under the War Contract Hardship Claims Act, popularly called the Lucas Act, 60 Stat. 902, 903, as amended by 62 Stat. 992, 41 U. S. C. § 106 note (1952 Ed.), to recover an alleged net loss of $43,238.93 sustained by the plaintiff in the performance of Government contracts between September 16, 1940, and August 14, 1945.

During the above period, the plaintiff, a corporation engaged in the operation of a mill at Manchester, New Hampshire, performed under 12 contracts with the Army Quartermaster Corps. Sis of the contracts, entered into between June 19, 1940, and…