Legal Opinion
Chalender v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 2, 1954No. 49091PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLETON; Judge.
Plaintiff 1 sues to recover an alleged loss sustained in the performance of a construction contract with the defendant, The petition is in two counts. Count I seeks recovery under the War Contracts Hardship Claims Act, 2 also known as the Lucas Act, and Count II is a claim for breach of contract.
Under this contract, which was a lump sum contract entered into with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in June 1943, plaintiff was to construct within a period of 61 days an addition or enlargement to the existing water treatment facilities at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Defendant was to…
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