National Cored Forgings Co. v. United States

HOWELL, Judge.

In this case plaintiffs seek to recover the sum of $309,799.29, alleged to represent either fair compensation for services rendered without a formal contract under section 17(a) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 665, 41 U.S.C.A. § 117(a), or damages for breach of contract by the defendant. As a third alternative, plaintiffs ask reformation of an agreement in writing on the ground of mutual mistake and of misrepresentations by the defendant, and damages for breach of the agreement as reformed. The case is before us on plaintiffs’ motion to strike special defenses…