Dubois Const. Corp. v. United States

HOWELL, Judge.

This is a claim which arises out of a contract entered into on September 27, 1943, by the defendant, through the Civil Aeronautics Administration, with the plaintiff for paving work at a new airport at Washington, North Carolina, where the defendant’s contractor, The Tyler Construction Company, was doing the preliminary grading which was required before paving. The claim is to recover damages of $121,-269.16, allegedly suffered by the plaintiff due to the defendant’s breach of the contract at its inception and to recover $6,000 liquidated damages assessed against the plaintiff…