Case: WELLS BROTHERS COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Wells Bros. v. United States
Decision Date: 1920-11-08
Docket Number: 
Citation: 56 Ct. Cl. 465
Volume: 56
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: WELLS BROTHERS COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Pages: 465–465

Head Matter:
WELLS BROTHERS COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. THE UNITED STATES.
[54 C. Cls., 206 ; 254 U. S., 83.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
Where a contract for the construction of a public building, giving the United States a broad power to suspend operations where necessary in the opinion of its architects for the purpose or advantage of the work, permitted the United States to make changes of materials and, besides, providing against claims for damages on account of such changes, declared generally that no claim should be made or allowed to the contractor for any damages arising out of any delay caused by the United States, held, that a delay ordered to await an appropriation by Congress for substituted materials and another in anticipation of the passage of a postal law because of which the plans were altered, would not support claims for damages under the contract.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Claeke
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court November 8, 1920.