Merchants Matrix Cut Syndicate, Inc. v. United States

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff-appellee, Merchants Matrix Cut Syndicate, Inc., 1 under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), to recover damages resulting from tortious acts of government agents which interfered with Merchants’ use of and pos-sessory rights in 8600 square feet of leased space in the Rand-McNally Building in Chicago. When the action was filed a condemnation suit brought by the government against Merchants was pending. This appeal is prosecuted by the government from the judgment order entered by the District Court subsequent to our…