E. W. Bliss Co. v. United States

The findings made by Commissioner Lewis, to whom this case was referred, have not been excepted to by either party, and the court therefore has adopted them as its own findings.

The essential facts in this case are that during the years 1915, 1917, and 1918 the plaintiff entered into eight separate written contracts with the United States whereby it agreed to manufacture and deliver a certain number of torpedoes at a fixed price per torpedo to the United States. Torpedoes manufactured in accordance with the terms of the contract were delivered by the plaintiff from time to time to the United…