W. S. King & Co. v. United States

Booth, Olvief Justice,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff is incorporated under the name of W. S. King & Company, and is engaged in construction and repair *331work. The office of the corporation is in Philadelphia, Pa. On April 11, 1930, plaintiff and defendant, the latter acting through the Militia Bureau of the War Department, signed a contract obligating the plaintiff to reroof sixty-three buildings at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, for which it was to receive $8,750. The work was to commence immediately and be completed by June 11, 1930.

The plaintiff at once assembled the materials…