SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 13788.

197 F.2d 922 (1952)

SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 27, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rembert Marshall, W. Neal Baird, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

H. A. Stephens, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., F. Douglas King, Asst. U. S. Atty., J. Ellis Mundy, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

The Southern Railway Company brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 against the United States of America to recover damages for injuries caused to its rolling stock and equipment as the result of a collision at a railroad crossing in Chamblee, Georgia between one of its fast passenger trains and two large, crane trucks belonging to the United States Navy. The government answered, denying liability...

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