Kearse v. Hornell Construction Corp.

By written contract dated April 25, 1942, the plaintiff rented from the defendant certain equipment to be used by him in grading operations on a United States Government project involving improvements at the Bansville airport: The contract provided that the defendant should furnish operators and supplies and maintain the equipment in good order. Subsequent to the execution of the contract and the delivery of the equipment to the plaintiff, the Price Administrator of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in him by an Act of Congress known as the “ Emergency Price Control Act of…