Legal Opinion
Coates v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1950No. 14093PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit judge.
Statement.
The appellants instituted this action against the United States on November 26, 1948, to recover $179,540.05, for the flooding and alleged consequent destruction of their farm and crops. The complaint averred that the “action arises under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and also under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1346 (•b).” As the basis of the claim it was alleged in the -complaint that, “6. ■ Beginning in 1928 and progressing continuously thereafter certain agencies of the defendant entered upon a program of…
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