Fred Lentz v. The United States and J. L. McElvany Third-Party

This case was referred pursuant to Rule 57(a) to Trial Commissioner Paul H. McMurray with directions to make findings of fact and recommendation for a conclusion of law. The commissioner has done so in an opinion and report filed on April 28, 1964. Exceptions to the commissioner’s findings of fact and recommended conclusion of law were filed by the plaintiff, briefs were filed by the parties and the case was submitted to the court on oral argument of counsel for the defendant and the third party, and without oral argument by plaintiff. The court agrees with the commissioner’s findings, his…