Case: ROY H. ROBINSON, ADMINISTRATOR, v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Robinson v. United States
Decision Date: 1923-04-09
Docket Number: 
Citation: 58 Ct. Cl. 706
Volume: 58
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: ROY H. ROBINSON, ADMINISTRATOR, v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Pages: 706–707

Head Matter:
ROY H. ROBINSON, ADMINISTRATOR, v. THE UNITED STATES.
[57 C. Cls. 7; 261 U.S. 486.]
Judgment was rendered against the United States in the court below for a portion of the amount claimed. On plaintiff’s appeal, the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
Stipulations in construction contracts obliging the contractor to pay liquidated damages for each day’s delay, are appropriate means of inducing due performance and of affording compensation in case of failure to perform, and are to be given effect according to their terms.
Where a public building contract obliged the contractor to pay liquidated damages for each day’s delay not caused by the Government, and delays were attributable to both parties, held that the Government was entitled to the damages for the part of the delay specifically found by the Court of Claims to have been due wholly to the fault of the contractor.
Where defects in a building result partly from the character of materials expressly required by the building contract and partly from the fault of the contractor, the fact that the contractor pointed out the unsuitability of the material specified and suggested a substitute, after the contract was made, does not relieve him of the obligation to repair the defects under his guaranty of the condition of the work for a stated period after its acceptance.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice BraNdeis
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court April 9, 1923.