S. A. Healy Co. v. United States

Opinion

A commissioner of this court, after a full hearing of the evidence, made findings of fact to which neither the plaintiff nor the Government has taken exception. The court adopts and approves those findings. They show *555that tbe plaintiff entered into a contract with, the Government to perform certain construction work for a fixed sum of money. The contract contained no escalator clause or other language entitling the contractor to a larger compensation if its costs should be increased by increases in wage rates or material prices. The contract was negotiated at a time when hostilities in…