Carroll v. United States

The plaintiffs seek to recover the cost of additional labor incurred and additional superintendence in the performance of work under a written contract due to delays arising by reason of changes in the plans and specifications where the terms of the contract provide for such changes and also provide for extensions of time to the contractor for delays caused by the Government with the statement “ that delays caused by the act of the Government will be regarded as unavoidable delays.”

The formal written contract between the parties provided for the determination of any additional cost due to…