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VOLENTINE AND LITTLETON v. UNITED STATES

No. 62-54.

169 F.Supp. 263 (1959)

VOLENTINE AND LITTLETON, Contractors, a Partnership, Composed of M. O. Volentine and Earl Littleton v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 14, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ras Priest, Newport, Ark., for plaintiff.

William A. Stern, II, Washington, D. C., Asst. Atty. Gen., George Cochran Doub, for defendant. Norman Hyman, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff made a contract, dated February 18, 1950, to clear the trees, brush and debris from a large area of land within the reservoir area of Whitney Dam on the Brazos River in Texas. At the time the plaintiff's contract was made, Whitney Dam was under construction, but the river and its tributary creeks were still flowing naturally. The plaintiff's work was, under the terms of the contract, to be completed by June 29, 1950.

The plaintiff...

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