Eder Electric Co. v. United States

WOOD, District Judge.

This is a suit for the value of certain electrical cable removed from Government property by the plaintiff-contractor pursuant to a contract calling for the “removal and replacement” of said cable. The contract contains a provision in Article 57 thereof that any question of fact arising under the contract shall be decided ultimately by the Secretary, and that his decision shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been capricious, arbitrary, grossly erroneous, or *306not supported by substantial evidence. The plaintiff…