Todd Dry Dock, Engineering & Repair Corp. v. City of New York

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty commenced by the libelant, as successor to Clinton Dry Docks, Inc., to recover either on the basis of orders from the respondent’s commissioner in charge of the dredge, as alleged in the first cause of action, or the cost and value of said work either as damages or for breach of the general contract, as alleged in libelant’s second cause of action, the sum of $20,043.31 for alleged extra work in addition to the sum of $27,780, paid to Clinton Dry Docks, Inc., under a contract made between it and the city of New York, on the 23d day of June,…