TASTOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 32611.

124 F.Supp. 548 (1954)

Helen T. TASTOR, as administratrix of the estate of John L. Tastor, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

June 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Charles Gay and Sol N. Ross, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for defendant.


OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

This is a suit under the Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346 et seq., for damages for the death of John Tastor caused by the alleged negligence of Private Estel Beltz, an enlisted member of the United States Army. The decedent, John L. Tastor, was first mate of the S. S. Benjamin Grierson, which was moored to "R" Dock, Apra Harbor, Guam at the time of this unfortunate accident.

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