Wunderlich Contracting Co. v. United States

The plaintiff sues to recover money to which it asserts it was entitled under a contract with the United States. Defendant, under its interpretation of the contract, denies that plaintiff is entitled to the payment claimed.

The contract under which this claim arises was made on November 18, 1947, between plaintiff and the Army Corps of Engineers. It required plaintiff to construct an earth embankment and spillway of Cherry Creek Dam and Reservoir near Denver, Colorado. Work was commenced in the spring of 1948 and was completed in January of 1950. One part of the work required by the contract…