United Engineering & Contracting Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: ' I. The claimant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York for the purpose of carrying on a general construction and engineering business, with its principal office and place of business in New York City. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: ' I. The claimant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York for the purpose of carrying on a general construction and engineering business, with its principal office and place of business in New York City. II. On September 15,1900, the claimant, in response to the advertisement therefor, entered into a contract with the United States, through Mordecai T. Endicott, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department, by which it agreed for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Government by motion seeks a new trial on the assigned ground of error of fact and of law, and also asks that *499Findings X and XI be amended in certain particulars. We will, therefore, review the case.
This action arises out of delays of the Government and for deductions as liquidated damages from the contract price for delays of the claimant in the performance of contracts in the construction of a pumping plant to be operated by electricity for dry docks at the navy yard in New York and for extra and additional work.
The original contract was…
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