ABBETT ELECTRIC CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 591-53.

162 F.Supp. 772 (1958)

ABBETT ELECTRIC CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 4, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. McWhorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. John W. Gaskins, Washington, D. C., Johnson & Stanton, San Francisco, Cal., and King & King, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


LARAMORE, Judge.

This is a suit to recover the increased costs of performance on a Government contract. The increased costs are claimed to have resulted from delays caused by the defendant's failure to give proper notice to proceed as required by the terms of the contract. The facts upon which plaintiff predicates its suit are as follows:

In April 1950, the Bureau of Reclamation, hereinafter referred to as the Bureau, invited bids for the construction of a...

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