Case: NILS P. SEVERIN, AS SURVIVING PARTNER OF NILS P. SEVERIN AND ALFRED N. SEVERIN (NOW DECEASED), FORMERLY CO-PARTNERS TRADING UNDER THE STYLE OF N. P. SEVERIN COMPANY, v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Severin v. United States
Decision Date: 1943-05-03
Docket Number: No. 43421
Citation: 101 Ct. Cl. 872
Volume: 101
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: NILS P. SEVERIN, AS SURVIVING PARTNER OF NILS P. SEVERIN AND ALFRED N. SEVERIN (NOW DECEASED), FORMERLY CO-PARTNERS TRADING UNDER THE STYLE OF N. P. SEVERIN COMPANY, v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Pages: 872–872

Head Matter:
NILS P. SEVERIN, AS SURVIVING PARTNER OF NILS P. SEVERIN AND ALFRED N. SEVERIN (NOW DECEASED), FORMERLY CO-PARTNERS TRADING UNDER THE STYLE OF N. P. SEVERIN COMPANY, v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. 43421]
[99 C. Cls. 435; 322 U. S. 733]

Opinion:
Government contract; breach by Government; damages sustained by subcontractor; assignment of claim forbidden by statute; nominal damages not recoverable against Government.
Decided May 3, 1943; plaintiff entitled to recover only for the actual loss incurred by plaintiff and not for loss by subcontractor. Opinion 99 C. Cls. 435.
Plaintiff's petition for writ of certiorari denied by the Supreme Court May 1,1944.