General Houses, Inc. v. Franklin G. Floete, as Administrator of General Services

This is an action for alleged breach of two contracts, one between plaintiff and Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the other between plaintiff and Marloeh Manufacturing Corporation. Early in 1947 plaintiff, without any production facilities, agreed with RFC to produce 2,000 prefabricated houses before the end of the year, promising to use its best efforts to sell them. RFC agreed to pay a stipulated sum for each house plaintiff should not be able to sell. Plaintiff then contracted with Marloeh Manufacturing Corporation to produce the 2,000 houses during 1947, and Marloeh proceeded to carry…