Carroll v. United States

The plaintiffs are Harry B,. Carroll and Louis D. Carroll, copartners doing business under the firm name of Carroll Electric Company. This suit arises out of a written contract executed by the plaintiffs and the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department on October 4, *1151917. The contract obligated the plaintiffs to furnish,* deliver, and install the outside tunnels, tunnel piping, and the outside pipe distributing systems at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, in accord with the written contract and specifications. The contract was what is known as a lump-sum one, i. e.,…