Poirier & McLane Corp. v. United States

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• government responsible for increased cost where both parties were unaware of the correct wage rate, and intended that the correct rate be paid
• government responsible for increased cost where both parties were unaware of the correct wage rate, and intended that the correct rate be paid
• reformation granted where mutual mistake of fact was the parties’ mutual ignorance of the actual prevailing wage rate for area laborers, resulting in costs above those stated in written contract
• reformation granted where mutual mistake of fact was the parties’ mutual ignorance of the actual prevailing wage rate for area laborers, resulting in costs above those stated in written contract

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