Bethlehem Steel Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: . I. The claimant, the Bethlehem Steel Company, is a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania.
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The Reporters’’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: . I. The claimant, the Bethlehem Steel Company, is a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. On April 27, 1903, the claimant, being the successor of the said Bethlehem Iron Company, and having complied with the conditions prescribed by the act of Congress entitled uAn act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes,”…
1Per curiam
In view of the fact that the gun carriages to be manufactured by the claimant were not articles from which the defendants could obtain on their completion a valuable use or profit, such as might be derived from a house or a vessel; and in view of the fact that the deduction of $35 a day on each gun carriage during the period of delay would amount in a year to $12,775, or 35.48 per cent on the cost of each gun carriage; and in view of the fact that the parties in their correspondence and contract designated the above per diem as a penalty, the court does not feel justified in holding that it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Phoenix Iron Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1904