PUERTO RICO WATER RESOURCES AUTHOR. v. UNITED STATES

No. 50266.

135 F.Supp. 532 (1955)

PUERTO RICO WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

November 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham J. Harris, Washington, D. C., for the plaintiff. Robert E. Sher, Washington, D. C., Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, Santurce, P. R., and Sher, Oppenheimer & Harris, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Alfred J. Kovell, Paxinos, Pa., with whom was Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

The plaintiff sues for payment for electricity furnished to the Government which was not recorded by the meter because of a "phase unbalance" caused by a blown fuse. The questions presented are whether the contract prohibits recovery, and if not, the time that the fuse blew and the amount which plaintiff is entitled to recover.

On April 1, 1943, plaintiff entered into a contract with the Army to supply electricity to Fort Buchanan, an Army...

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