Winchester Manufacturing Co. v. United States

This suit is brought by the plaintiff to recover $1,288,-328.10 claimed to be due it from defendant on a contract to manufacture cartridges and other war materials.

On July 20, 1917, the plaintiff entered into a contract (No. 14067) with the defendant for the manufacture of a very large number of cartridges. This contract was subsequently modified by six other supplemental contracts which greatly increased the number of cartridges to be manufactured and also provided for the manufacture of other war material. As so modified, the original contract and these supplements constituted in effect one…