Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. United States
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided August 15, 1956No. Civ. A. 440PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTLE, District Judge.
This suit is brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b) and 2671-2680.
The findings of fact will be stated in narrative form.
Late in the afternoon of May 25, 1954, the plaintiff was plowing his mule, Emma, in his cornfield, approximately twenty miles from Turner Air Force Base, Albany, Georgia, when, suddenly and from the rear of plaintiff and Emma, there came a jet propelled aircraft flying at the low altitude of one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet and making a loud noise. Emma, not being accustomed to such close association with jet planes,…
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- Lenora Gorman Smith v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Gallagher v. GunnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
- McCranie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Montgomery-Ward & Co., Inc. v. SewellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Cook v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1958