Parslow v. United States

FOLEY, District Judge.

This action was commenced and tried before the Court under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 60 Stat. 842, 61 Stat. 722, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. The evidence vigorously presented by the respective parties at the trial of the action creates the usual distressing dilemma for the court to decide extremely close factual questions. It is the typical situation where honest witnesses differ as to important facts, where admissions were said to be made by one side and emphatically denied by the party against whom the alleged admission is directed. It is the…