Penn Bridge Co. v. United States

The facts are removed from controversy by a stipulation and the questions for determination are not complicated.

The chief contention arises by reason of a provision in the contract for the assessment of liquidated damages for delay in performance together with the cost of inspection and superintendence during the period of delay, accom-*896paniecl by a provision that no such deduction and charges shall be made for such period as, “ in the judgment of the contracting officer, approved by the Chief of Engineers, shall equal the time which shall have been lost through any cause for which the United…