Private Law 722.
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(/us/bill/75/pvtl/721)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Anna Lee Hebert and others.Jurisdiction conferred on district court to hear claims of. That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, at New Orleans, to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claims of Anna Lee Hebert of New Orleans, Louisiana, for personal injuries, of Mrs.
Nicholas Hebert, of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the deaths of her children, Vernon Hebert and Virges Hebert, both formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana; of Mr. and Mrs. Dossie E. Worrell, of Zachary, Louisiana, for the death of their son, Leon Worrell; of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McClure, of Zachary. Louisiana, for the death of their son, Earl Roy McClure; and of W. N. Cobb, of Zachary, Louisiana, for personal injuries and damage to his truck, said deaths, personal injuries, and damage having resulted from a collision between the automobile in which Anna Lee Hebert, Vernon Hebert, and Virges Hebert were riding, and a truck operated by the Corps of Engineers, War Department, and a collision between said latter truck and the truck owned by W.
F. Cobb, in which he, Leon Worrell, and Earl Roy McClure were riding, on April 28, 1936, on United States Highway Numbered 61, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, near *Proviso*.Limitation on judgments.Lutcher, Louisiana: *Provided*, That the judgments, if any, for injuries of Anna Lee Hebert shall not exceed $4,000; for deaths of Vernon Hebert and Virges Hebert shall not exceed $5,000 each; for deaths of Leon Worrell and Earl McClure shall not exceed $5,000 each, and for injuries and damage of W.
F. Cobb shall not exceed $5,000. Sec. 2. Time for filing suit. Suit upon such claims may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, and proceedings for the Proceedings, appeals, judgments.determination thereof, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgments thereon shall be in the same manner as in the cases of suits over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of the [28 U. S. C.§ 41, par. 20](/us/usc/t28/s41/par20).twentieth paragraph of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended.
Approved, June 25, 1938. For the relief of Brooks-Callaway Company. 1938-06-25 663 Chapter 52 Stat. 1398 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 663] AN ACT For the relief of Brooks-Callaway Company. June 25, 1938[[H. R. 7890](/us/bill/75/hr/7890)][[Private, No. 722](/us/bill/75/pvtl/722)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Brooks-Callaway Company.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, the sum of $28,984.59 to Brooks-Callaway Company, of Atlanta, Georgia, for losses growing out of a contract with the War Department (numbered W–1092 Eng. 3061) on account of the National Industrial Recovery Act, pursuant to the report submitted to Congress, dated June 12, 1937, by the Acting Comptroller General of the United [49 Stat. 2345](/us/stat/49/2345).Right to recover additional amount not prejudiced.States in response to Private Law Numbered 673, Seventy-fourth Congress.
This Act is not to prejudice the right of the claimant company to recover any additional amount which can be satisfactorily proved to the Comptroller General to also represent losses growing out of this same contract on account of the National Industrial52 Stat. 1399 Recovery Act: *Provided*, That no part of the amount appropriated*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
AnyPenalty for violation. person violating the 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 25, 1938. Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims of Edward Forbes and others. 1938-06-25 664 Chapter 52 Stat. 1399 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 664] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claims of Edward Forbes and others. June 25, 1938[[H. R. 8098](/us/bill/75/hr/8098)][
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