Case: COATH & GOSS, INC., A CORPORATION, v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Coath & Goss, Inc. v. United States
Decision Date: 1944-06-05
Docket Number: No. 44042
Citation: 101 Ct. Cl. 653
Volume: 101
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: COATH & GOSS, INC., A CORPORATION, v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: Madden, Judge; Whitaker, Judge; and Whaley, Chief Justice, concur.
Pages: 653–661

Head Matter:
COATH & GOSS, INC., A CORPORATION, v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. 44042.
Decided June 5, 1944]
Mr. Frederic N. Towers for plaintiff. Frost, Myers <& Towers on the brief.
Mr. Philip Mechem, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Francis M. Shea, for defendant.

Opinion:
Littleton, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The evidence offered by plaintiff is not sufficient to show that defendant unreasonably delayed it under such circumstances or to such extent as to become liable for damages for breach of the contract (see findings 6, 7, 9, 13, and 14). As to the principal item of alleged unreasonable delay, the Government paid plaintiff $4,385 as a part of the equitable adjustment under Article 3, which plaintiff accepted in full satisfaction of all expenses on account of the delay incident to the change. Seeds & Derham v. United States, 92 C. Cls. 97. As to other items of delay charged to defendant, the proof fails to show the extent of delay caused by the Government or that whatever delay it might have caused, was unreasonable. Union Engineering Co., Ltd. v. United States, 97 C. Cls. 424; Magoba Construction Co., Inc. v. United States, 99 C. Cls. 662.
Plaintiff is not entitled to recover, and the petition must be dismissed. It is so ordered.
Madden, Judge; Whitaker, Judge; and Whaley, Chief Justice, concur.
Jones, Judge, took no part in the decision of this case.