HOWARD v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 613.

214 F.Supp. 263 (1963)

Willene HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Creed Shockley, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, Winchester Division.

February 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Davenport, McMinnville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Walter M. Haynes, Winchester, Tenn., Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., Tullahoma, Tenn., for defendant Shockley.

J. H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Ottis B. Meredith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant United States.


NEESE, District Judge.

This action was brought by the plaintiff Mrs. Howard who claims that she was injured when she fell on premises being utilized as the United States Post Office in Spencer, Tennessee. She proceeds against the United States for negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 and 2674, and joins the landowner Shockley as a co-defendant. Shockley now moves for a dismissal of the action against him.

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