Schmoll v. United States

This is a suit on a contract made with the defendant by Murch Brothers Construction Company, Inc., and performed by that company and its subcontractors. It was originally brought by the contractor. Thereafter, for reasons not necessary to be set out here, by leave of court the present plaintiff was substituted as trustee and has succeeded to all the rights of the contracting company.

The plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $4,632.51, representing liquidated damages assessed and deducted by the contracting officer at the time of final settlement, and also the additional sum of $30,418.15 on…