UNITED STATES v. CAMPBELL

No. 12368.

172 F.2d 500 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. CAMPBELL.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Skelly Wright, U. S. Atty., and N. E. Simoneaux and Amos L. Ponder, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Benjamin B. Taylor, C. V. Porter, L. W. Brooks, and James R. Fuller, all of Baton Rouge, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act,1 the suit was for damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff, a civilian, at the hands of a member of the Naval Forces of the United States.

The claim was that while she was standing on the sidewalk near the railroad station, she was negligently and wrongfully collided with and knocked down by a sailor who, ...

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