Globe Works v. United States

Downey, Judge,

reviewing the facts found to be estab- . lished, delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff seeks to recover under a provision of the act of May 27, 1902, 32 Stat., 207-244, the additional sum of $185,600.36 on account of the construction of the ironclad monitor Suncooh during the Civil War. It was paid the contract price of $395,000 and additional compensation to the amount of $198,674.30 on account of changes and alterations, an aggregate sum of $593,674.30.

The case as presented involves 'a rather unusual situation giving rise to a question the determination of which, as…