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KNECHT v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12101, 12102.

242 F.2d 929 (1957)

Lewis W. KNECHT, Administrator of the Estate of William J. Knecht, Deceased, Appellant in No. 12101, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant in No. 12102.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence H. Eldredge, Philadelphia, Pa. (Albert S. Fein, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Lewis W. Knecht.

Morton Hollander, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for United States.

Before MARIS and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges, and McILVAINE, District Judge.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This case presents an interesting narrow question under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. As the case comes to this Court most of the disputed questions have been resolved. The incident out of which the suit arose was a highway accident in Alaska in which a United States soldier while off duty was killed through the negligence of another soldier who was on duty at the time. On the issue of the government...

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