Condenser Service & Engineering Co. v. United States

The claim asserted by the plaintiff in the instant suit is based upon section 17 (a) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944, 41 U. S. C. 117. The procedure for the enforcement of such a claim is prescribed by section 13 of that act, 41 U. S. C. 113. The claimant resorts first to the agency of the Government with which he had his contract. If the claim is not settled to his satisfaction by that agency, section 13 provides for further procedure as follows:(b) Eights of war contractors.

Whenever any war contractor is aggrieved by the findings of a contracting agency on his claim or part thereof…