Hygienic Fibre Co. v. United States

The plaintiff, alleging mutual intent on the part of both parties in the making, during the war, of a contract between *606it and the United States for certain bandages, to make such, contract on a cost plus 10 per cent profit basis, the elements of cost being defined by the Government, asserts a mistake on its part in submitting its requested statement as to cost, carried into the formal contract as the contract price, and seeks reformation or cancellation of the contract and a recovery of the amount by which the cost to it of the bandages, with 10 per cent profit, exceeds the amount actually…