Barnard-Curtiss Co. v. United States

This case was submitted to us on stipulated facts, and without oral argument, for our determination.

Plaintiff Barnard-Curtiss Company seeks to recover additional costs incurred as a result of flood damage occurring during the course of its performance of a construction contract with defendant.

Plaintiff contracted with the Bureau of Beelamation on November 27,1958, to construct and complete the earthwork and structures necessary for the rehabilitation of the Ver-mejo Diversion Dam, the Yermejo Canal, and the Eagle Tail Canal, all of which were located in the vicinity of Maxwell, New Mexico.…