Legal Opinion

National Housing Agency v. Orton

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 25, 1947No. 4414PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALKER, Justice.

William T. Orton brought this action against certain agencies of the United States Government to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of his falling, on or about November 25, 1943, upon certain steps attached to a men’s dormitory in Orange, Texas. He alleged that defendants operated this dormitory. He named as defendants the National Housing Agency and its Administrator, the Federal Public Housing Authority and its Commissioner, and the United States Housing Authority and its Administrator. He alleged that the titles “Federal Public Housing…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Federal Housing Administration, Region No. 4 v. BurrSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. United States v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  5. Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. JG Menihan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wichita County v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Acme Engineers, Inc. v. Foster Engineering CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  3. Wichita County v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Atlantic Pipe Line Co. v. FieldsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  5. Walsh Construction Co. v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1948

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