NIPPON HODO COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 479-54.

160 F.Supp. 501 (1958)

NIPPON HODO COMPANY, Ltd. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

April 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Bruce Blakeney, Tokyo, Japan, for plaintiff.

John R. Franklin, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff, a Japanese corporation, made a contract with the United States on June 28, 1950, for the construction of a runway, taxiways and aprons at an air base in Japan. The contract price was some $744,000. Upon the completion of the work, the plaintiff was paid the amount admittedly due it, and executed a release, from which release, however, five specific items of claim were excepted.

One of the five excepted items was a claim for "increased...

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