FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PRINCETON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. 94-54.

136 F.Supp. 818 (1955)

The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PRINCETON, as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Hereward Lester Cooke, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

December 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Seymour Montgomery, Princeton, N. J., for plaintiff.

Raymond Del Tufo, Jr., U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., by George H. Barlow, Asst. U. S. Atty., Trenton, N. J., for defendant, H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew D. Sharpe, Carrington Williams, Special Assts. to the Atty. Gen., of counsel.


FORMAN, Chief Judge.

Hereward Lester Cooke, whose executor is plaintiff herein, was a Professor of Physics at Princeton University, specializing in optics and acoustics. One morning while Professor Cooke was brushing his teeth he discovered that he, too, was a victim of "pink toothbrush." Examination led him to the conclusion that his discomfort was caused by jagged and split bristle ends that were visible only to the microscope-aided eye. Professor Cooke then turned...

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