David J. Joseph Co. v. United States

HOWELL, Judge.

Plaintiff, a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of business in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a branch office in Houston, Texas, for the general administration of business in the Gulf area, did on July 1, 1941, pursuant to previous invitation for bids, enter into a contract with the United States, acting through the Emergency Relief Branch of the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department, for the sale to the United States of 60,000 gross tons of scrap iron of various grades and tonnages at the total contract price of $957,000. Thereafter, on August 15, 1941, an…