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TOMPKINS v. CITY OF EL PASO

No. 29765.

449 F.2d 842 (1971)

Bessie TOMPKINS, and husband, Charles Henry Tompkins, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF EL PASO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Ratliff, El Paso, Tex., Kemp, Smith, White, Duncan & Hammond, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Dudley R. Mann, Jr., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

On July 14, 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins were at the El Paso International Airport to meet the plane of an arriving relative. When the Tompkins learned that the plane was delayed they decided to wait in their car rather than in the terminal. As the Tompkins left the terminal building, they crossed Convair Road which separates the El Paso terminal from a metered parking area. Mrs. Tompkins and her husband had walked perhaps 20 feet when she...

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