John B. Kelly, Inc. v. United States

The plaintiff brings this action against the United States to recover increased cost of performance of its contract due to compliance with the Codes of Fair Competition. The defendant enters a demurrer to the petition on the ground *272that the court is without jurisdiction for the following reasons:(1) It fails to state a cause of action within the jurisdiction of this court.(2) It is multifarious. It seeks to do by indirection that which should be undertaken directly, in that it asks primal relief for those not parties to the suit.(3) It fails to state a cause of action against the United…