Private Law 589.
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(/us/pvtl/75/588)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * A. L. Eldridge.Jurisdiction conferred upon district court to hear, etc., claim of. That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of A. L. Eldridge, of Columbus, Ohio, for damages resulting from personal injuries and property damage received by him on February 12, 1937, at Columbus, Ohio, by reason of an automobile collision involving a Works Progress Administration truck: *Provided*, That the judgment, if any,*Provisos.*Judgment, limitation on amount.Counterclaim. shall not exceed $500: *Provided further*, That the United States shall be entitled in the same proceeding to a judgment against said A.
L. Eldridge for damage to the truck of the Works Progress Administration, in the event the said court shall so determine. Sec. 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time withinTime limitation for filing suit. one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determinationProceedings. of such claims, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgments thereon shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph twentieth of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended.[28 U. S. C. § 41, par. 20](/us/usc/t28/s41).
Approved, June 15, 1938. For the relief of Frieda White. 52 Stat. 1341 Chapter 431 1938-06-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-15 75 3 private [CHAPTER 431] AN ACT For the relief of Frieda White. June 15, 1938[[H. R. 7855](/us/bill/75/hr/7855)][[Private, No. 589](/us/pvtl/75/589)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Frieda White.Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frieda White, Marked Tree, Arkansas, the sum of $5,000, in full setttlement11So in original. of all claims against the United States on account of52 Stat. 1342 damages sustained by the said Frieda White resulting from the death of her husband, Frank White, who died of wounds inflicted by J. L. Kidd, Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit agent, on the 8th day of June 1937 near Marked Tree, Arkansas: *Provided*, That no part of*Proviso.*Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. the amount appropriated by this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any person violating thePenalty for violation. provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 15, 1938. For the relief of Herbert Joseph. Dawson. 1938-06-15 52 Stat. 1342 432 Chapter 75 3 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2024-11-15 private [CHAPTER 432] AN ACT For the relief of Herbert Joseph. Dawson. June 15, 1938[[H. R. 8192](/us/bill/75/hr/8192)][
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