Private Law 75–421

That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Charles W. Benton, of Beebe, Arkansas, for alleged damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by him on December 14, 1936, on account of the alleged explosion of dynamite caps or other explosives stored or left on his farm near Beebe, White County, Arkansas, by employees of the Beebe-Floyd-Romance, Arkansas, Road Project, an undertaking of the Works Progress Administration of the United States.

Sec. 2.

Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within

Commencement of suit.

one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination

Proceedings.

of such claim, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such

28 U. S. C. § 41 (20).

court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph 20 of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended: Provided, That the judgment,

Proviso.

Limitation on judgment.

if any, shall not exceed the sum of $2,500.