STALEY, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal we are asked to determine whether a railroad company is entitled to indemnification from the government for the amount it paid to its employee in settlement of a tort claim against it for injuries received as a result of a latent defect in a mailbag delivered to it by the government for shipment. The district court answered this query in the affirmative.
The significant facts may be summarized as follows: The plaintiff...
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