Ragonese & Scaravelli v. United States

On and after November 2, 1942, Frank P. Kagonese and Joseph V. Scaravelli were partners doing business as the Square Construction Company. The partnership will be hereafter referred to as .the Square Construction Company, and for the purposes of this opinion will be treated as an entity. It sues for excess costs incurred by reason of encountering quantities of underground water, in the construction of a sewer under a contract with the defendant, in an amount which it says it had no reason to expect.

Plaintiff says, first, that by reason of this it is entitled to an equitable adjustment under…