DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES

Civil Action No. 757.

78 F.Supp. 730 (1948)

DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

July 16, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Hoffman of Breeden & Hoffman, all of Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

John P. Harper, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Norfolk, Va. (George R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Atty., of Richmond, Va., of counsel) for the United States.


BRYAN, District Judge.

The United States moves to dismiss this action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Public Law 601, 79th Congress, C. 753, 2nd Session, approved August 2, 1946, 28 U.S.C.A. § 921 et seq., upon the ground that other persons, alleged as joint tortfeasors, have been made parties defendant with the United States.

Thus is squarely presented the question whether the Act permits a plaintiff in such an action to join a co-defendant...

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