LEY & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 125.

273 U.S. 386 (1927)

FRED T. LEY & COMPANY INC. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King, with whom Messrs. William B. King and George R. Shields were on the brief, for appellant.

Solicitor General Mitchell and Assistant Attorney General Galloway were on the brief for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant entered into a contract with the government for the construction of certain army cantonment buildings at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, upon a cost-plus basis. The contract provided for the reimbursement of the contractor for all expenditures made in performance of the contract, including the cost of "such bonds, fire, liability and other insurance as the Contracting Officer [might] approve or require; ...

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