Jackson v. United States

This is a case under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. The plaintiff suffered injury while descending the steps of a post office in Red Bank, New Jersey, at night. The district judge to whom responsibility for the trial of the facts is given under the statute found for the plaintiff. He found that the defendant was negligent in its duty toward the plaintiff and that plaintiff was not contributorily negligent. There was no com plaint about the amount of the recovery, if recovery is to- be allowed.

The finding of negligence in the maintenance o-f the Post Office…