Commerce International Company, Inc. v. The United States

DAVIS, Judge.

This is a breach-of-contract suit, charging defendant with unreasonable-delay in supplying parts and drawings,, and in failing to permit the prompt commercial purchase of parts when none were-available in Government stores. Plaintiff is said to have suffered over $1,650,-000 in damages because of defendant’s improper delay. 1

In 1950, the Army prepared to let a. contract for the rebuilding of some 500-M36 90mm. motor gun carriages (tanks) which were believed needed to meet the emergency of the Korean hostilities. The vehicles were in a poor state, having been left in the open…