Legal Opinion
Bartie v. United States
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1963No. Civ. A. 7295PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, District Judge.
Whitney Bartie and his family (wife and five children) went to bed around 10:00 P.M. on Wednesday, June 26th. He awoke around 5:00 A.M. hearing water underneath the house making a noise — slosh, slosh, slosh. He tried to start his car but it drowned out. He and his family joined hands, with the wind raging and the water rising. They climbed on the roof of the house and one by one they were washed away. The house disintegrated and as a deep freeze floated by he grabbed it and rode it for about four miles. As it passed a tree he grabbed onto a limb where he hung on until…
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