Carroll v. United States

This suit is brought upon a contract to perform certain work and furnish and install certain electrical equipment and apparatus for the defendant. The plaintiffs performed the contract without any fault on their part, and the defendant paid them the contract price, less a deduction of $175.00 which was withheld by the Government as a consideration for making payment without securing the final release provided for by the contract. Repeated decisions by this court have held that the defendant had no right to make a deduction on this ground and the plaintiffs are entitled to recover the amount…