BLACKMON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 697.

130 F.Supp. 498 (1955)

Mrs. Annie BLACKMON as Administratrix of the Estate of John M. Blackmon, deceased; and Mrs. Annie Blackmon as dependent widow of John M. Blackmon, deceased, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Alabama, S. D.

March 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Reid, Frank J. Tipler, Jr., Andalusia, Ala., R. F. Adams (of McCorvey Turner, Rogers, Johnstone & Adams), Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff.

Keener T. Blackmarr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for defendant.


THOMAS, District Judge.

This action arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on January 5, 1945, involving an army command car and a gasoline truck on U. S. Highway 29, approximately six miles east of Brewton, Alabama, said accident causing the death of the plaintiff's husband, John M. Blackmon, who was the driver of the gasoline truck. Suit was instituted pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2671 et seq., and Workmen's Compensation...

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