Court of Claims, 1924

Empire Engineering Co. v. United States

Court of Claims · Decided October 20, 1924

59 Ct. Cl. 904; 1924 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 350; 1924 WL 2341

Counsel

Mr. Marvin Farrington for the plaintiff. King <& King and Kellogg & Rose were on the brief., Messrs. O. R. McGuire and Arthur Oobb, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Lovett, for the defendant.

Opinion of the Court

*906MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT

The finding of the contracting officer that the delays were the result of unforeseeable causes arising through no fault of the contractor >vas within his powers under the contract, and bad faith upon the part of that officer does not appear. See Penn, Bridge Co. v. United States, No. D-93, this day decided, ante, p. 892.

*907The reimbursement of the contracting officer by the plaintiff to the amount of the disallowance in the settlement of his accounts, with express reservation of the right to sue therefor in this court, does not preclude recovery.

Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $953.03.

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