MacDougald Construction Co. v. United States

Plaintiff’s claim in this case arises out of a unit price contract entered into with the defendant through the Corps of Engineers of the Army, whereby plaintiff agreed to furnish the material and perform the work for the clearing, grubbing, grading, draining, and paving of four additional runways at Moody Field, Valdosta, Georgia. Plaintiff asks judgment in the total amount of $127,545.72. Of this amount plaintiff claims approximately $100,000 as increased cost of hauling excavated material containing calico clay occasioned by the contracting officer’s order to exclude calico clay from the…