United States v. Craddock-Terry Shoe Corp.

PAUL, Chief Judge.

In this action the United States seeks to recover from the defendant the sum of $8,090.00 as liquidated damages for the alleged breach of certain conditions and stipulations in contracts entered into between the parties governed by the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 30, 1936, known as the Public Contracts Act and frequently referred to as the WalshHealey Act, 41 U.S.C.A. §§ 35-45.

The provisions of this statute, so far as pertinent here, are to- the effect that in any contract entered into by the United States for the manufacture or furnishing of supplies or…