YOUNG v. UNITED STATES

No. 10516.

184 F.2d 587 (1950)

YOUNG v. UNITED STATES

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

Decided June 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William F. McDonnell, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Joseph M. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Ross O'Donoghue, Assistant United States Attorney, and Samuel K. Abrams, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The ultimate question is whether the period within which an action may be filed against the United States for death by wrongful act or negligence in the District of Columbia is one year, as it would be in an action against a private party, or whether the longer period of the Federal Tort Claims Act governs.

Ruby M. Young died April 4, 1948. More than one year thereafter, May 9, 1949, her administrator filed an action against the United...

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