Austin Engineering Co. v. United States

This suit was brought by plaintiff June 27, 1936, to recover $55,039.82 for certain alleged extra costs and expenses arising from certain alleged extra work which, it is alleged, the defendant required plaintiff to perform for which no payment was made by the defendant under the contract and, also, for penalties for delay alleged to have been erroneously imposed and collected by the defendant.

The case is now before the court upon defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction under which the defendant contends that the claim accrued May 25, 1929, when construction of the buildings called for by the…