Ottinger v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

The Government has demurred to the plaintiffs’ petition. We must, therefore, determine whether, assuming the truth of the plaintiffs’ allegations, they state a cause of action. We first summarize the allegations.

On September 22, 1943, December 6, 1943, January 3, 1944, and February 29, 1944, the plaintiffs made four separate contracts with the Government which acted through the District Engineer, U. S. Engineer Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the construction of certain levee work. The area in which this work was to be performed had been designated as a critical labor area and all…