Levering & Garrigues Co. v. United States

The plaintiff, on April 3, 1919, entered into a contract with the defendant, through Admiral C. W. Parks, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department, whereby it agreed to “ construct and complete at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, a four-story reinforced concrete and granite building, * * * together with a connecting terrace to the existing gymnasium, and to furnish and install complete plumbing, drainage, heating, ventilating, and electric lighting systems and an electric freight elevator,” in accordance with the provisions of certain specifications, which were…