Greenwood v. United States

SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

This action was filed November 25, 1949, to recover for the estate of decedent Floyd L. Greenwood, $100,000 damages by reason of his wrongful death.

Jurisdiction is claimed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2671 et seq.

The taxicab in which decedent was riding came in collision with a truck owned by the United States, and then being operated by Carl L. Rayno, a private in the United States Army. The collision occurred October 4, 1949 and Greenwood died the next day, October 5, 1949, and plaintiff claims that at the time, the truck was being driven by…