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UNITED STATES CASUALTY CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 45093.

67 F.Supp. 950 (1946)

UNITED STATES CASUALTY CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

October 7, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kahl K. Spriggs, of Washington, D. C., (Challen B. Ellis, of Washington, D. C., and Stanley E. Hartman, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for plaintiff.

James J. Sweeney, of Washington, D. C., and John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, JONES, and MADDEN, Judges.

JONES, Judge.

This is a suit to recover $16,200 liquidated damages assessed at the rate of $200 a day for a period of 81 days' delay in the completion of a construction contract in Puerto Rico.

The contract called for the construction of an auditorium for the University of Puerto Rico by Pedro A. de Castro, an individual contractor. Notice to proceed was received by the contractor on August 14, 1936. The stipulated time was 270 calendar days, thus fixing the...

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