Legal Opinion
Hall v. U. S. A.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 9, 1979No. 77 C 1754PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
This suit is by the owner of a single story frame house and garage in Chicago which, without notice to him and without his authority, were ordered demolished by an employee of a federal agency. Invoking the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2674, the owner seeks to recover damages from the United States in the sum of $15,808 he claims to have paid in rehabilitating the house, a project in process at the time of the unauthorized demolition.
The United States does not question the owner’s proprietary interest, nor does it dispute that the house was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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