Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. v. United States

The facts in this case are not in controversy. The defendant admits that the plaintiff is entitled to recover judgment as asked in the petition unless an offset claimed by it on account of what it alleges to be an improper payment to the plaintiff constitutes a just counterclaim.

It appears that in 1911 the plaintiff agreed to deliver and install for defendant two dry-dock pumping plants within a certain period. Plaintiff manufactured the pumps on time and was ready to install them in accordance with the contract when it was directed by the Government to suspend performance because the pump…