ISABEL v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 10269.

148 F.Supp. 544 (1956)

Bernita Marie ISABEL et al., v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barker, Barker & Simpson, James D. Simpson, Jr., Galveston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Malcolm R. Wilkey, U. S. Atty., and Gordon J. Kroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendant.


CONNALLY, District Judge.

This is an action instituted by the statutory beneficiaries, Art. 4673, Rev. Civ.Stat. of Texas, to recover for the death of Barney Biff Isabel, which occurred November 22, 1954 when he was shot to death by one Cecil Covington. The action is instituted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, §§ 1346, 2671-2680 of Title 28 U.S.C.A., it being alleged that the United States, through its employees, was negligent under circumstances which...

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