UNITED STATES v. BROOKS

Nos. 5758, 5759.

169 F.2d 840 (1948)

UNITED STATES v. BROOKS (two cases).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

August 26, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Newell A. Clapp, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David E. Henderson, U. S. Atty., of Charlotte N. C., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Whiteford S. Blakeney, of Charlotte, N C. (Guthrie, Pierce & Blakeney, of Charlotte, N. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and WATKINS, District Judge.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Welker Brooks and James Brooks, as Administrator of the Estate of Arthur Brooks, deceased, filed civil actions in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 921 et seq. The District Judge, sitting without a jury, entered judgments against the United States in favor of Welker Brooks and James Brooks, Administrator of the Estate of...

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