J. F. Barbour & Sons v. United States

The Government has demurred to the plaintiff’s petition. The petition alleges-that on March 25, 1942, the plaintiff made a contract with the Government to construct for it the Radford Community Hospital, for the price of $266,722.22, the work to be completed on or before November 9, 1942; that at the time the contract was entered into the plaintiff was led to believe that the Government would do nothing to prevent the completion of the work within the time set; that, acting upon that belief, the plaintiff promptly moved its equipment to the site and began work on April 17, 1942; that at a…