UNDERWOOD v. UNITED STATES

No. 21924.

356 F.2d 92 (1966)

Frank J. UNDERWOOD, as Administrator of the Estate of Shirley Underwood Dunn, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 26, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira De Ment, Montgomery, Ala., for appellant.

Rodney R. Steele, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Ben Hardeman, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671, et seq., in conjunction with the Alabama Homicide Act, Code of Alabama, 1940, Title 7, sec. 123. Edward F. Dunn, an Airman First Class assigned to the Air Police Squadron at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, shot and killed his former wife, Shirley Underwood Dunn, on September 4, 1962, at her place of employment in the City of Montgomery. Her...

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