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UNITED STATES v. HILL LINES

No. 12645.

175 F.2d 770 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. HILL LINES, Inc. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. W. Moursund, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Holvey Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for appellant.

Allen R. Grambling, El Paso, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES and WALLER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., the suit was for damages resulting from a collision between a privately owned truck and a truck tractor with trailer attached, the rear vehicle of an Army convoy.

The claim was that the proximate cause of the collision and consequent damages was the negligence of the driver of the rear vehicle, and of Lt. Cain, the officer in charge, of the convoy.

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