United States v. United Engineering & Contracting Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the construction of a contract for Government work and the rights and obligations of the Government and the contractor thereunder, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Suit was brought in the Court of Claims by the United Engineering and Contracting Company to recover of the United States upon a contract, dated the fifteenth of September 1900, for the construction within seven calendar months from the date of the contract, namely by April 15, 1901, of a pumping plant for Dry Dock No. 3 at the New York Navy Yard, the work to be done in accordance with certain plans and specifications annexed to and forming a part of the contract. The claimant recovered a judgment (47 Ct. Cl. 489), and the United States brings this appeal.
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