Penn Bridge Co. v. United States

The plaintiff brings this suit to recover $16,434.70, which it alleges is due it for increased wages paid on work done for defendant under a written contract.

The evidence shows without dispute that the plaintiff entered into a written contract to furnish certain machinery and erect the same in the navy yards of the defendant for a fixed price, and the contract also provided:

“ If, after the date of the contract, there shall be any increase in the rates of wages prevailing in the vicinity of a place where work contemplated by the contract is done, that shall necessitate payment by the…