Fogarty v. United States

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Inland Waterways, Inc., brought this action under the War Contracts Hardship Claims Act of August 7, 1946, 60 Stat. 902, 41 U.S.C.A. § 106 Note, popularly known as the Lucas Act, to recover of the United States $328,804.42 as losses alleged to have been sustained by Waterways in the performance of contracts with the Navy Department. The motion of the United States for a summary judgment, based upon the allegations of the complaint and a written agreement settling certain matters in dispute between the parties, approved by the…