Stafford v. United States

JONES, Chief Justice.

This suit arises out of a contract to do> the landscape work, including the planting, of many thousand trees and shrubs, in connection with an extensive housing project in Cleveland, Ohio.

The several claims upon which plaintiff here seeks to recover include amounts to cover the increased cost of nursery stock and the increased cost of labor and field overhead alleged to have resulted from a delay of approximately 11 months in giving plaintiff notice to proceed with the performance of his contract, plus a proportion of his general office overhead during such period of…