United States v. Cook
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE .COURT OF CLAIMS. Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims upholding a claim of architects for fees under a contract with the United States.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
Eames and Young, architects of St. Louis, made the plans.for a custom house at San Francisco and supervised its construction. They were to receive compensation at the rate of five per centum upon the actual cost of the work. The work was long delayed, three years, by the San Francisco earthquake and fire which increased the cost of labor and materials. Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury within a limit of $250,000 to make good to the contractor his loss from the' delay and enhanced prices so that he should receive enough to re coup him for his outlay but without profit. The…
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