City of St. Louis v. State

The City of St. Louis, Missouri, seeks recovery of $591.46 for property damage incurred at Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, owned by claimant, when Captain E. H. Ramshaw of the Air National Guard of the State of Illinois, flying an Illinois National Guard F-84 jet aircraft fighter plane, attempted to make an emergency landing on said airfield, May 7, 1960.

E. H. Ramshaw testified as follows:

On May 7, 1960, he was on duty as a member of the Illinois National Guard. He was under orders to fly from Peoria, Illinois, to Gulfport, Mississippi, for a routine training mission, and then to return…