DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LA. v. UNITED STATES

No. 14176.

204 F.2d 630 (1953)

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LA., v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Loret, W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., Lemuel C. Parker and D. Ross Banister, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

Lansing L. Mitchell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., and Andrew R. Martinez, Terriberry, Young Rault & Carroll and Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not the District Judge erred in dismissing the action for want of jurisdiction.

On February 3, 1949, appellant, the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana brought this action at law against the United States alleging that on February 8, 1948, the S. S. Tamalpais, owned and operated by the United States, negligently collided with and damaged a bridge structure belonging to plaintiff...

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