National Rag & Waste Company, Inc., and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company v. United States

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Acknowledging with a candor that is almost beguiling that successful defense to an admitted total breach of a Government supply contract rests wholly upon the extreme technicality of an asserted failure to give written notice of default, the Contractor appeals from adverse jury verdict and judgment.

By this approach, premised on the fact that, “ * * * When the United States enters into contract relations, its rights and duties therein are governed generally by the law applicable to contracts between private individuals”, Lynch v. United States, 292 U.S. 571, 579,…