Weissbaum v. United States

In this suit plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant his actual loss and damages sustained because of failure of the defendant to deliver title and to put him in possession of certain improvements constructed by the defendant upon leased premises for the wrecking and removal of which, and for the restoration of the premises, the plaintiff and the de*435fendant entered into a contract, and because of misrepresentation of the defendant’s authorized officers as to the accessibility of the improvements.

The contract in question was a “ Contract for the Construction and- Repair of Public Works,…