United States v. Bullard. Harrison v. United States

These are appeals in an action instituted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. Judgment for damages on account of personal injuries was rendered in favor of the plaintiff Lillian Adams Bullard, who was struck by an automobile driven by a United States Deputy Marshal, Fred L. Harrison, as she was running across a highway at a street intersection in the town of Colonial Heights, Va., to catch a bus which was waiting for her on the other side. In No. 6716, the United States appeals from this judgment contending that plaintiff was injured as the result of her own…