William E. Hale, a Minor by Next Friend, John F. Hale v. United States of America, John F. Hale v. United States

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

These are federal tort claims actions which were dismissed on the government’s motions without hearing by the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. John F. Hale is the father of William E. Hale, a minor, who at the time in question was a soldier stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

In the posture of this appeal we recite the facts as they were pled by plaintiffs below (in this instance from William Hale’s complaint):

“[0]n or about March 2, 1965, in Montgomery County, Tennessee, in or near the corporate limits of the City of Clarksville, Tennessee, an…