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ORKEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12836.

239 F.2d 850 (1956)

Herman L. ORKEN and Jeannette B. Orken, Joint Administrators, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis K. Macham, Chattanooga, Tenn., (Wilkerson, Meacham & Abshire, Kefauver, Duggan & McDonald, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel), for appellants.

Lester S. Jayson, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Melvin Richter, Washington, D. C., John C. Crawford, Jr., U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARTIN, McALLISTER and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this action, brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act [28 U.S.C., §§ 1346, 2671 et seq.], the district court sustained the motion of the defendant United States for summary judgment.

The appellants, joint administrators of the estate of Major Orken — a medical officer on active duty with the United States Air Force serving as Commanding Officer of an Air Force dispensary on the Island of Guam — brought the action to...

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