Rice Barton Corp. v. United States

In this case plaintiff seeks to recover from the United States under section 17 (a) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944, 41 U. S. C. § 117, fair compensation for certain engine parts which the plaintiff, because of certain alleged assurances and guaranties of the United States Maritime Commission, furnished to Springfield Machine & Foundry Company (hereinafter referred to as “Springfield”), and which Springfield delivered to Harrisburg Machinery Cor*588poration, its parent company (hereinafter referred to as “Harrisburg”), for incorporation in Liberty engines under contracts of Harrisburg with…