MUMFORD v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 8515.

150 F.Supp. 63 (1957)

George C. MUMFORD, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Richard Alan Mumford State of Maryland for the use of George C. Mumford, Jr., father of the intestate, Richard Alan Mumford, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

April 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. O'Connor and Woodrow A. Shriver, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Atty., and J. Jefferson Miller, II, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for defendant.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., presents the usual issues of negligence, contributory negligence and last clear chance, in the case of an 8 year old boy who rode his bicycle across a suburban street, in the middle of the block, in the path of an approaching mail truck.

The accident occurred about 3:00 P.M. on June 17, 1955, on 25th Avenue, in District Heights, Prince George's...

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