Lilley-Ames Company, Inc. v. United States

JONES, Chief Judge.

This is a contract action. The plaintiff contracted to produce and deliver barrack bags for the defendant. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant furnished it with defective material whereby the plaintiff sustained costs in excess of its bid price. The plaintiff brings this suit to recover that alleged excess.

The facts of this case are as follows. On April 6, 1953, the Armed Services Textile and Apparel Procurement Agency, Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, issued an invitation for bids for the manufacture and delivery of olive drab denim barrack bags to…