SMERDON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 54-474.

135 F.Supp. 929 (1955)

Douglas SMERDON, Administrator Estate of David H. Barnes, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

November 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Smerdon, administrator estate of David H. Barnes, pro se.

Thomas H. Mahony, Russell J. Coffin, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Andrew A. Caffrey, Asst. U. S. Atty., James P. Lynch, Jr., Lawrence Urbano, Boston, Mass., for defendant.


SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title 28, U.S. C.A. § 1346(b). The case was heard on the question of liability alone in the first instance as counsel indicated that the evidence and the question of damages would be rather lengthy. I do not feel that the case is close enough to warrant the expenditure of money necessary to take evidence at this time. If the Court is...

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