Alvin H. Leal, Trading as Plains Construction Company, and Mercantile National Bank at Dallas, a Corporation v. United States

LARAMORE, Judge.

The plaintiffs claim that the contractor Leal (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff), in performing a contract with the Corps of Engineers of the War Department, encountered changed conditions within the scope of Article 4 of the contract, or in the alternative, that the defendant breached the contract by withholding from plaintiff information regarding ground water conditions, which changed conditions or withholding caused Leal to incur extra expense in performing the contract for which he should have been paid.

Plaintiff Mercantile National Bank of Dallas, Texas, is a party…