DIX v. UNITED STATES

No. 290, Docket 26661.

296 F.2d 20 (1961)

Loretta DIX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard G. Munson, Syracuse, N. Y. (Hiscock, Cowie, Bruce, Lee & Mawhinney, Syracuse, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Syracuse, N. Y. (Justin J. Mahoney, U. S. Atty., for the Northern Dist. of New York, Syracuse, N. Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.


BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Loretta Dix, appeals from a judgment for defendant in an action for personal injuries brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The complaint alleged that the United States was negligent in removing the snow from in front of outside mailboxes located on the grounds of its post office in the Village of North Syracuse, New York, leaving patches and lumps of ice, and that it was also negligent in placing...

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