General Baking Co. v. United States

FOLLMER, District Judge.

This action is brought by General Baking Company under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., to recover for damage to its truck, which was sustained in a collision with a truck owned by the defendant. The United States has counterclaimed for the damage to its truck.

The facts are:

One William L. Mars was, on February 24, 1949, the driver of a Ford truck commonly known as a -“snub nose” or “flat front” owned by the General Baking Company. He was traveling west, in the westbound lane, on Route 40, in the State of New Jersey, toward Camden, New. Jersey, at…