A. L. COUPE CONSTRUCTION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 50276.

139 F.Supp. 61 (1956)

A. L. COUPE CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc., A. L. Coupe and E. G. Barker, Partners and Coadventurers, and Citizens Union National Bank of Louisville, Kentucky, v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

March 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Sheriffs Moss, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Bailey Walsh, Memphis, Tenn., and Ralph E. Becker, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Paris T. Houston, Washington, D. C., and Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


LARAMORE, Judge.

This action is brought by plaintiff1 to recover damages for an alleged breach of the express and implied provisions of a contract to construct housing facilities for defendant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1943 and 1944.

Plaintiff bases its claims upon allegations that (1) defendant failed to stockpile lumber in the required sizes and quantities needed at a single location at or near the site of the work; (2) defendant...

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