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CENTAUR CONSTRUCTION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 46242.

69 F.Supp. 217 (1947)

CENTAUR CONSTRUCTION CO., Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

January 6, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josephus C. Trimble, of Washington, D. C. (Harry S. Hall, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Carl Eardley, of Los Angeles, Cal., John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary K. Fagan, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

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

JONES, Judge.

This is a suit for remission of liquidated damages and additional costs incurred due to change orders in connection with a construction contract.

The contract, dated November 20, 1939, called for construction work at the New York Navy Yard.

After the work was started December 26, 1939, plaintiff was directed by the officers in charge to drive certain test piles. These tests disclosed conditions...

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