J. I. Hass Co. v. State Road Commission

Ducker, Judge:

Claimant, J. I. Hass Co., Inc., was awarded on July 20, 1964 by the State Road Commission, a contract in the amount of $294,-370.00, on a lump sum bid, for the cleaning and painting of the Interstate Bridge over the Kanawha River at or near Nitro, Putnam County, West Virginia, and providing an Engineer’s Field Office therefor, (Project 1- 64-1 (50) 43, Contract No. 3), the work under which contract was to be commenced within ten days after the date of the contract and was to be completed by November 30, 1964. A liquidated damages clause in the contract specified that the…