Peets v. United States

(Sitting by designation).

This is an action by a husband and wife against the United States to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife, the suit being brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671-2680. The plaintiffs were visiting their son at Fort Ord, California, the son being stationed there while in the military service. The plaintiffs had dinner at the Post Exchange Cafeteria, and while leaving the building the female plaintiff stepped off a ramp leading from the exit door to the sidewalk, fell and was injured.

The evidence discloses . the…