Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. v. United States

The plaintiff sues the defendant for $61,280.99. The amount of $8,800 thereof is for liquidated damages deducted by the defendant for 88 days’ delay in completing the contract hereafter described. The balance of $52,480.99 is the cost of doing alleged extra work and damages due to the delay said to have been incident to the doing of this alleged extra work.

The main controveráy is over whether or not the plaintiff was required to do work not called for by the contract.

*177This the plaintiff claims was the building of certain cofferdams to á height above low water greater than it had originally…