Binghamton Construction Co. v. United States

Plaintiff brings this suit to recover under its contract with the War Department Corps of Engineers for the construction of a flood wall along the Chemung River in Elmira, New York. Plaintiff presents three claims as follows:

Claim for reimbursement of wage rates paid to carpenters,

laborers, and concrete puddlers_$15,697.38

Claim regarding measurement of' sheeting and shoring— 14,785.55

Claim for finishing of concrete_ 6,934.26

Total_ 37,317.19

Plaintiff’s first claim is that it was misled by defendant as to the wages it would be required to pay in carrying out the *834contract. Briefly stated, the…