Hammel-Dahl Co. v. United States

DAY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, has brought this action to recover a balance alleged to be due and owing to it under a contract for the manufacture and sale of 224 valves to the Atomic Energy Commission. Jurisdiction of this Court exists under the provision of Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(2), the Tucker Act, so-called. Although the plaintiff claims there is due and owing to it the sum of $12,035.80, it seeks judgment in the sum of $10,000, the *9maximum amount recoverable under the Tucker Act, plus interest and costs.

The defendant…