Page v. United States

Plaintiffs,, a partnership composed of Holland Page and Sherman Nelson, sue to recover $210,620.12, the amount to which they say they are entitled under, and because of a breach of their contract for the clearing of certain acreage in the Norfork Eeservoir area in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

Bids were invited for clearing six different areas, designated areas 2, 3,4,5, 6 and 7, both separately and as a whole. These areas were within the area of the reservoir to be created by the erection of a dam on the North Fork Biver. One of the plaintiffs, Sherman Nelson, bid on all six…