Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard A. Holcombe, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1960No. 8035_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The question to be decided is whether an Officers’ Mess at a naval base is a “federal agency” within the meaning of the Tort Claims Act, so as to make the United States liable for the negligence of an employee of the mess.
The plaintiff, Richard A. Holcombe, Jr., was civilian manager of the Commissioned Officers’ Mess at the United States Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. On April 12, 1956, he instructed Loretta Roller, also an employee of the Officers’ Mess, to proceed in his personal automobile to the Post Commissary for the purpose of obtaining salad…
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