Robert E. Lee & Co. v. United States

In this action, general contractors claim damages said to have been caused by delay arising from defendant’s issuance of a stop order. The contract with the Navy Department *367provided for the construction of five barracks at the United States Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina — four 3-story 252-enlisted men’s barracks of identical design and one 1-story 86-enlisted men’s barracks. The work commenced on June 5, 1957, and was to be completed by May 31, 1958; failure to meet the stipulated completion date would subject the contractors to $400 in liquidated damages for…