Walsh v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff is the sole distributee of the assets of Garbutt-Walsh, Inc., a corporation, since dissolved, which made the contract with the Government which gave rise to this suit. Garbutt-Walsh, Inc., will be referred to hereinafter as the contractor.

On July 14, 1942, the contractor, a shipbuilder in San Pedro, California, made a proposal to the Navy Department to build one hundred plane personnel boats. Negotiations were carried on and the contractor, on July 28, made its final proposal', and an award, dated August 11, 1942 was made to the plaintiff. The formal contract was…