KINGTON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 5740.

265 F.Supp. 699 (1967)

Helen Jenkins KINGTON, Widow of Joe D. Kington, Jr. v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

February 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Calvin Walter, Walter, Gilbertson & Claiborne, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

J. H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

This action was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. Jurisdiction exists under Section 1346(b) of the same Title.

Plaintiff is the widow of the late Joe D. Kington, Jr. and now resides in Anderson County, Tennessee and seeks $250,000 damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband. She alleges in her complaint that during the years 1946 and 1947 defendant, through its...

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