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PETTY v. TENNESSEE-MISSOURI BRIDGE COMMISSION

No. S 57 C 1.

153 F.Supp. 512 (1957)

Naomi PETTY, Administratrix of the Estate of Faye R. Petty, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. TENNESSEE-MISSOURI BRIDGE COMMISSION, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, Southeastern Division.

July 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas MacLeod, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.

James M. Reeves, of Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, Mo., for defendant.

HARPER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant's motion to dismiss on the basis that the defendant is an immediate agency and arm of the sovereign states of Tennessee and Missouri and of the Federal government, and is immune from tort actions.

Similar motions to dismiss are often treated as a motion for summary judgment. Suckow Borax Mines Consolidated v. Borax Consolidated, 9 Cir., 185 F.2d 196.

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