Todd Shipyards Corp. v. United States

Plaintiff sues to recover $178,281.56 alleged to be reimbursable items of cost incurred for and incidental to the performance of six cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts entered into with defendant through the United States Maritime Commission, and for a reasonable sum to cover costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in bringing this suit. The sum of $156,250 represents capital stock taxes paid by plaintiff for five years commencing in 1941; $17,553.89 represents attorneys’ fees paid by plaintiff for the defense of lawsuits during the course of the contracts; $4,443.87 represents a judgment paid by…