Board of Commissioners v. United States

This case involves the question of the reformation of a written contract where it is claimed that the language of the contract does not clearly express the agreement and in*56tention of the parties. One of the parties to the contract was the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, an agency of the State of Louisiana. They were acting in their public capacity and as trustees in the expenditure of a fund which under the authority of law had been raised by the sale of bonds secured by certain structures or improvements to be built by the city for improving conditions at the port. The…