United States v. Hardaway Contracting Co.

ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge.

The government brought this action, alleging in substance that the government and defendant entered into a certain contract for the construction of certain works during the prosecution of the recent war, and that the defendant represented that it had the facilities for the prosecution of such work, when in fact it did not have such facilities, and that the defendant also by its fraud and negligence in the prosecution of the work l' rendered tho eost thereof excessive. The contract is what is known as a “eost plus contract,” and under the terms of the contract…