General Contracting Corp. v. United States

Plaintiff is a Delaware corporation. March 27, 1931, plaintiff entered into the contract involved in this case. The contract obligated the plaintiff to furnish all labor and materials and perform the work essential to construct for -the United States a lock in the Kanawha River, opposite Marmet, in the State of West Virginia.

This suit is for the recovery of stated sums alleged to be •due the plaintiff for performing work which the contract -did not provide it should perform. Ten separate items are involved, and each exacts a discussion. Work under the -contract and on the premises was…