John McShain, Inc. v. United States

This case is now before the court upon plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.-

The plaintiff is a Pennsylvania corporation known as -John McShain, Inc. On April I, 1934, plaintiff contracted .in writing with the United States to furnish all labor and materials and perform all work for clearing the site, as well as to do all essential excavation and construct foundations for the erection of an extension to the Internal Revenue Building in Washington.

The work exacted by the contract and specifications included the site bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, Tenth, Eleventh, and C Streets NW., and the…