Delta Equipment & Construction Co. v. United States

A motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition in this case has been filed by the intervenor, the Board of Levee Commissioners of the Tensas Basin Levee District, State of Louisiana, hereinafter referred to as the Levee Board.1

' According'to the petition, on April 8,1949, plaintiff entered into a contract with the United States in which it undertook to perform work in connection with a channel improvement project in the Parishes of Ouachita and Morehouse .in the State of Louisiana; The contract called for the excavation by plaintiff of a drainage, canal. Plaintiff received notice to proceed on the…