NEW YORK MERCHANDISE CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 5457.

123 F.Supp. 830 (1954)

NEW YORK MERCHANDISE CO., Inc., Royal Insurance Company, Ltd., Brady Realty Company, and Mercury Insurance Company, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

May 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson & Coe and Ellsworth A. Weinberg, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Heard L. Floore, U. S. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., and John C. Ford, Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendant.


ATWELL, Chief Judge.

The owners of the buildings adjacent to the Santa Fe Building in Dallas, Texas, which latter building belongs to the United States, sue for $189,000 because of alleged injury to the buildings allegedly caused by the negligence of the United States in not giving proper attention to its own building and allowing heavy objects, bricks, etc, therefrom to fall upon such adjacent buildings. The action is brought under the United States Tort Act, 28...

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