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BARTIE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 7295.

216 F.Supp. 10 (1963)

Whitney BARTIE v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

March 28, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., J. B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, La., for plaintiff.

Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., Q. L. Stewart, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., John G. Laughlin, Chief, Torts Section, Dept. of Justice, M. M. Heuser, William A. Gershuny, Counsel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

HUNTER, District Judge.

Whitney Bartie and his family (wife and five children) went to bed around 10:00 P.M. on Wednesday, June 26th. He awoke around 5:00 A.M. hearing water underneath the house making a noise — slosh, slosh, slosh. He tried to start his car but it drowned out. He and his family joined hands, with the wind raging and the water rising. They climbed on the roof of the house and one by one they were washed away. The house disintegrated and as...

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