McGillic v. United States

REGISTER, Chief Judge.

This action was commenced by plaintiffs pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. and pursuant to Private Law 19, 1st Session, 82d Congress, approved and passed on May 7, 1951, 65 Stat. A9, for the recovery of $38,683.46 against the United States of America, as damages alleged to have been caused to plaintiffs' farmland, fences and buildings by the defendant, and for loss of crops during the years involved. The private law involved will be hereinafter referred to.

Plaintiffs own approximately 170 acres of bottom land…