Poirier & McLane Corp. v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover $19,901.08, representing increased labor costs incurred by plaintiff, a New York corporation, in the performance of a contract with the defendant for the construction of a flight hangar in Buffalo, New York. The increased labor costs resulted from the payment by plaintiff of a higher wage rate to unskilled laborers working on the project than that contained in the contract specifications, as fixed and determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C.A. § 276a et seq.

The case is presently before the court on…