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UNITED STATES v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA

No. 13213.

189 F.2d 591 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cody Fowler, William A. Gillen, Tampa, Fla., George Earl Hoffman, U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for appellant.

John W. McWhirter, Atty. State Rd. Dept. of Fla., Tampa, Fla., T. Paine Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., J. McHenry Jones, Pensacola, Fla., for appellees.

Before HOLMES, BORAH and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

This suit, in the trial court was brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 by the State Road Department of the State of Florida against the United States of America to recover damages resulting from the partial destruction of, and damage to, the Thomas A. Jefferson Bridge across Pensacola Bay, Escambia County, Florida, caused when the bridge was struck by four liberty ships of the government during a severe rain...

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