National Cored Forgings Co. v. United States

LARAMORE, Judge.

The plaintiffs sue to recover $309,799.-29 as damages for breach of their contract with the defendant, or in the alternative, for fair compensation under section 17 (a) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 665, 41 U.S.C. § 117 (1946 Ed.), 41 U.S.C.A. § 117(a), for services rendered without a formal contract, and as a third alternative, the plaintiffs seek reformation of an agreement in writing on the ground of mutual mistake and of misrepresentations by the defendant and for damages for breach of the agreement as reformed.

Plaintiff National Cored Forgings Company,…