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WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 16994.

252 F.2d 887 (1958)

Elijah J. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. Jackson, Jr., Leesville, La., for appellant.

Howard E. Shapiro, Morton Hollander, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Lester S. Jayson, Chief, Torts Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Joseph D. Guilfoyle, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana denying recovery in an action brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. The suit was filed on behalf of a nine-year-old boy by his father for damages resulting from injuries to the boy's hand sustained when a practice mine...

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