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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. Nos. 49, 54.

163 F.Supp. 388 (1958)

Merle H. JOHNSON, Administrator of the Estate of Stanley Matt Johnson, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Merle H. JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Montana. Billings Division.

Supplemental Opinion August 11, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Longan & Jones, Neil S. Keefer, Billings, Mont., F. F. Haynes, Forsyth, Mont., Harry John Mehr, Glendive, Mont., for plaintiff.

Krest Cyr, U. S. Atty., Butte, Mont., Dale F. Galles, Waldo N. Spangelo, Asst. U. S. Attys., Billings, Mont., for defendant.

JAMESON, District Judge.

These cases were consolidated for trial before the court, without a jury. Both arise under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346, and seek recovery of damages for the death of Stanley Matt Johnson on July 4, 1955, as the result of electrocution from energy transmitted through the substation operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior, at Forsyth, Montana. Civil No. 49 is prosecuted by the...

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