James Donald Mitchell v. United States of Amercia

Plaintiff-Appellant originally brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Green County, Kentucky, against Ernest L. Wright, as an individual defendant. Since the traffic accident upon which the suit was based occurred while Mr. Wright was acting in the scope of his employment as Superintendent of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, the United States substituted itself as party-defendant and had the case removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. In the District Court the Government counterclaimed for damage to its property and the case…