Legal Opinion

Phelps v. Boone

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided October 30, 1933No. 5807PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRONER, Associate Justice.

Defendant in error (Dr. Boone) is a captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy. At the time of the events out of which this suit grew, he was assigned as physician to the White House. In connection with this duty, the Navy Department had provided for his use a Packard automobile with a chauffeur “so that he could be in touch with the White House at all times.” The chauffeur was an enlisted man in the Navy.

On the evening of April 19, 1932, as his own evidene'e discloses, Dr. Boone “called the garage and had this Packard car, driven by Prettyman [the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Standard Oil Co. v. ParkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  3. Harrell v. Atlas Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gleason v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Balinovic v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  3. Rabenovets v. CrosslandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
  4. Baber v. Akers Motor Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
  5. Rich v. WarrenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941

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