Henry B. Deane and Kathleen P. Deane v. United States

EDGERTON, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for the defendant in a suit against the United States under the Tort Claims Act [28 U. S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671-2680]. On behalf of his employer, the American Surety Company of New York, plaintiff Henry B. Deane called on a Mr. Audette in the government office where he worked, on business that concerned the government. Plaintiff entered the office from a public corridor, through an unlocked door with Mr. Audette’s name on it, after seeing him through frosted glass in the door. Just inside the room, a slack electric cord lay on the floor across…