Blair ex rel. Roanoke Marble & Granite Co. v. United States

I am unable to agree with the disposition which the Court has made of items 2,3,4, 5, and 6 of plaintiff’s claim. These items appear in Finding 13 and relate to the requirement that outside scaffolding be used, to unfair conduct of the defendant’s Superintendent and Inspector, to increased wages paid to reenforcing steel rodmen and carpenters, and to increased costs and wages resulting from rulings made with reference to’ the stone workers and terrazo grinders.

In each of these situations a serious dispute arose between plaintiff and the defendant’s agent on the job. Plaintiff, instead of…