JONES v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 2942-54.

126 F.Supp. 10 (1954)

Clayton M. JONES and Aimee Jones, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Rafferty, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendant, for the motion.

Carl L. Shipley and Roy St. Lewis, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs, opposed.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is an action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2401, 2402, 2671 et seq. It seeks to recover damages for alleged negligence on the part of the Director of the United States Geological Survey in furnishing to the plaintiffs information claimed to be erroneous in respect to estimated recoverable oil from certain lands. Specifically it is charged that in response to an inquiry made...

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