A. J. Paretta Contracting Co. v. United States

Plaintiff sues for the increased wages it was required to pay on a contract with defendant for the construction of a part of a housing project at Massena, New York, and for the cost of repairing certain piers and footings which were damaged by frost.

Its claim for increased wages are for those paid carpenters and common laborers employed on the project. The circumstances under which the increases were paid to the carpenters differ somewhat from those under which the increase was paid to common laborers. We shall discuss first the increased wages paid the carpenters.

1. The Davis-Bacon Act (Act…