W. H. Armstrong & Co. v. United States

I cannot agree with the majority opinion.

Article 3 of the contract provides for orders of the contracting oflicer involving changes to be in writing and when the order for a change is over $500.00 the written approval of the head of the department shall be necessary. Article 5 of the contract provides that no charge for any extra work or material will be allowed unless the same had been ordered in writing by the contracting officer and the price stated in the order.

*532Plaintiff claims a change was made involving thousands of dollars. No written order for the change was ever issued, by the…