Stewart-McGehee Construction Co. v. United States

The plaintiff claims to be entitled to compensation under an implied contract. Its claim was presented to the Secretary of War under the provisions of the act of March 2,1919, 40 Stat. 1272, known as the Dent Act, and was disallowed. It comes to this court under section 2 of the Dent Act.

A written contract was made between the plaintiff and the United States whereby the former agreed to furnish labor and materials and do work of construction and repair at Camp Pike, Ark., such as would be ordered from time to time, in writing, within six months from the date of the contract in accordance'…