United States v. Inmon

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Suit was brought against the United States-under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 by Walter Daniel Inmon and his minor son, Walter Wayne Inmon, on account of injuries sustained by the son. from the explosion of an army blasting cap. The blasting cap had been found by Wayne Inmon in February, 1949, while hunting on private property, which property had 'been leased for Army training purposes as a part of Camp Wol-ters, Texas, during the last war.

During the war the Army had used many kinds of ammunition and explosives at Camp Wolters for the…