Legal Opinion
Lederhouse v. United States
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 20, 1954No. Civ. Nos. 5705-5707PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, Chief Judge.
These three negligence actions brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., were tried together, by consent, to the Court without a jury.
Only the essential facts will be stated. The actions arose by reason of a collision on August 3, 1951, between the automobile owned by Raymond E. Lederhouse and then being operated by his wife Edith L. Lederhouse, going south on Route 5 (Main Street) with a tank retriever owned by the United States, properly in the possession of the New York National Guard and being driven by Donald Truex, going east on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. MichelSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States v. Holly (Two Cases). United States v. SaundersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Fries v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Elmo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Courtney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Storer Broadcasting Company, Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance Company and Associated Aviation Underwriters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Ralph Courtney and Mildred Courtney v. United States of America and Donald Truex, John Kessler and Edith Kessler v. United States of America and Donald TruexCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956