VOLENTINE AND LITTLETON v. UNITED STATES

No. 62-54.

145 F.Supp. 952 (1956)

VOLENTINE AND LITTLETON, Contractors, a Partnership, Composed of M. O. Volentine and Earl Littleton, v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

November 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ras Priest, Newport, Ark., for plaintiff.

William A. Stern, II, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff partnership had a contract with the Government to clear the timber from the site of the reservoir which was to be created by the Whitney Dam on the Brazos River in Texas. It sues to recover alleged extra costs which it incurred because of the Government's actions, and liquidated damages assessed against it by the Government. The plaintiff says that while it was performing the contract, the...

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