Morgan Engineering Co. v. United States

This is a suit brought by the plaintiff to recover from the United States the sum of $151,822.49, which it alleges is owing it by the United States. The plaintiff relies for its recovery of the aforesaid sum upon the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 2,1919, 40 Stat. 1272, and commonly known as the Dent Act. The provisions of the act so fas as applicable to this suit are as follows:

“ Seo. 1. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to adjust, pay, or discharge any agreement, ex*378press or implied, upon a fair and equitable basis that has been entered into, in…