James J. Gilsoul v. United States of America, and Third-Party and Norel Schaut, Third-Party

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This case arose out of a collision between a Ford station wagon owned by the United States and operated by Arthur W. Schultz, a member of the Air Force, and a motorcycle operated by Norel Schaut and containing a passenger, James J. Gilsoul.

Schaut and Gilsoul filed separate complaints against Government and Government filed a third party complaint against Schaut. Jurisdiction was based on Section 1346(b), Title 28 U.S.C.A. 1

The cases were consolidated for trial, pursuant to stipulation by the parties, and trial was by the court without the intervention of a jury. The…