William Dall Co. v. Butcher

The William Dali Company, the appellant, having a contract with the United States Government for the construction -of an immigration station in Baltimore City, decided to give out a subcontract for “the stone work, ornamental terra cotta, structural terra cotta and gypsum or tile blocks in said immigration station,” and obtained bids therefor, ranging from -eighty-odd thousand dollars down to seventy-six thousand, which was the bid of the appellees. The amount to be paid the appellant for the construction of the station was two hundred and forty thousand dollars, of which the materials ■•and…