Carlson v. United States

SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

This case is presently before the Court on the motion of the plaintiff Della Irwin Carlson, Executrix of the estate of Peter A. Carlson, deceased, to substitute in the place and stead of said plaintiff, Thomas J. Marshall, Jr., Ancillary Administrator of Peter A. Carlson.

The action was instituted by the plaintiff against the United States under the provisions of Section 1346(b), Title 28, U.S. Code, popularly called the Federal Tort Claims Statute; the pertinent portion thereof conferring exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions on claims against the United States for…