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WOOD v. UNITED STATES

No. 100.

258 U.S. 120 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 209

66 L.Ed. 495

WOOD ET AL., TRADING AS PHILADELPHIA STEAM HEATING COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin C. Brandenburg, with whom Mr. Clarence A. Brandenburg was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ottinger, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Harvey B. Cox were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Philadelphia Steam Heating Company made a contract with the United States, approved April 5, 1897, to furnish and install the boiler plant, heating system and other apparatus for the post-office building at Washington then under construction. The price fixed was $111,373; the time for completion 250 working days; with a forfeiture of $100 a day for each day's delay. The contract provided that for each day...

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