ELMO v. UNITED STATES

No. 14624.

210 F.2d 406 (1954)

ELMO v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest L. Sample, Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

Warren G. Moore, U. S. Atty., William M. Steger, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Leonard E. Choate, Asst. U. S. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., the suit was for damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision with a government owned jeep at a street intersection in Beaumont, Texas.

The claim was that while, as she had a right to do, plaintiff was crossing Gladys Street at its intersection with Mariposa, a federal employee, operating a government jeep at a high and excessive

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