Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. Virginia Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
The Virginia Steamship Company, hereafter called steamship company, recovered a judgment against the Lehigh Portland Cement Company for $7,854, and the defendant thereupon obtained a writ of error.
The material facts and circumstances out of which the litigation arose are, substantially, as follows:
On the 24th day of June, 1918, the United States government entered into a contract with F. W. Mark Construction Company, Inc., to construct and complete at the fuel-oil station at Yorktown, Va., twelve re-enforced concrete oil reservoirs, which contract contained a clause permitting the United…
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