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CHESSER v. UNITED STATES

No. 24270.

387 F.2d 119 (1967)

Mary D. CHESSER, as Administratrix of the Estate of John L. Chesser, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Raymon, Tuskegee, Ala., Jack Crenshaw, Crenshaw & Waller, Montgomery, Ala., Russell, Raymon & Russell, Tuskegee, Ala., for appellant.

Ben Hardeman, U. S. Atty., Jack B. Patterson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 for the wrongful death of her husband, Mary D. Chesser was awarded $28,000 by the district court sitting without a jury. Mrs. Chesser has appealed from that judgment, claiming that it is inadequate in light of the evidence.

The district court correctly stated that the measure of recovery should be "equivalent to actual compensation for the deprivation of the reasonable...

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