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UNITED STATES v. COOK

No. 80.

257 U.S. 523 (1922)

UNITED STATES v. COOK, EXECUTOR OF EAMES, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lovett for the United States.

Mr. William R. Harr, with whom Mr. Chas. H. Bates was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the court.

Eames and Young, architects of St. Louis, made the plans for a custom house at San Francisco and supervised its construction. They were to receive compensation at the rate of five per centum upon the actual cost of the work. The work was long delayed, three years, by the San Francisco earthquake and fire which increased the cost of labor and materials. Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury within...

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