United States v. Stewart M. Alexander, Jr.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by Stewart M. Alexander 1 , Jr. against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., to recover damages for injuries received while he was riding as a passenger in a United States Air Force aircraft, which crashed in attempting to land at the municipal airport at Evansville, Indiana on September 24, 1950. The Government denied liability on the grounds (1) that the flight, which was undertaken for Alexander’s convenience, was unauthorized; and (2) that the evidence failed to show either that the aircraft was…