RICE v. UNITED STATES

No. 9942.

179 F.2d 26 (1949)

RICE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals. District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Eugene X. Murphy and Rex K. Nelson, Washington, D. C., for the appellant.

Mr. Joseph M. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Messrs. John D. Lane, Assistant United States Attorney and Stafford R. Grady, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for the appellee.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the appellee, the United States, defendant below, in a suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., tried to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, without a jury. The case involves an accident to the appellant, Donald Rice, plaintiff below, which resulted in the eventual loss of both his legs...

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