UNITED STATES v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO

No. 11720.

209 F.2d 857 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Welter, Chicago, Ill., and Ray J. O'Donnell and Loren G. Windom, Columbus, Ohio, and Frank A. Gallagher and Walter J. Welter, Chicago, Ill., on the brief, for appellant.

Robert C. Tyler, Columbus, Ohio, for appellees. Richard W. Gordon, City Atty., Hugh K. Martin, Chief Counsel, Edward J. Cox, Sr. Asst. Atty., Columbus, Ohio, on the brief for City of Columbus. Adams, Tyler & McCann and Robert C. Tyler, Columbus, Ohio, on the brief for Rae Columbus, Inc.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and McALLISTER and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


McALLISTER, Circuit Judge.

The government brought suit for damages to hemp owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, a wholly owned corporate agency of the United States, resulting from claimed negligence on the part of appellee, City of Columbus, in permitting sewer water to back up into the basement of Rae Columbus, Inc., where the hemp was stored, and for negligence on the part of the storage company in permitting the...

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