ALAR v. UNITED STATES

No. 241, Docket 23031.

212 F.2d 565 (1954)

ALAR v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Pottish, New York City (George W. Martin, New York City, and Herman E. Hoberman, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Albert H. Buschmann, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jamaica, N. Y. (Leonard P. Moore, U. S. Atty., and Arthur D. Hickerson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, HINCKS, and HARLAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal, calling for the review of sharply disputed oral testimony about an automobile accident, is obviously foredoomed to failure; we do not review findings of fact that are not "clearly erroneous." Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. rule 52(a). Here plaintiff sued for personal injuries sustained by her when the car in which she was riding, owned and operated by Edward Staffe, collided with a government mail truck, operated by Philip LaPorte, shortly after midnight...

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