Christine Van Der Veen, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem, Patricia Van Der Veen Edward Van Der Veen and Patricia Van Der Veen v. The United States of America, Appellee-Appellant v. Snow Valley, Inc., a California Corporation

349 F.2d 583 Christine VAN DER VEEN, a Minor, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Patricia Van Der Veen; Edward Van Der Veen and Patricia Van Der Veen, Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Appellee-Appellant, v. SNOW VALLEY, INC., a California corporation, Appellee. No. 19625. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Aug. 19, 1965. A.R.E. Roome, Cameron W. Cecil, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants. Manuel L. Real, U.S. Atty., Donald A. Fareed, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Civil Sec., Donald J. Merriman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for the United States. Crider, Tilson & Ruppe, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee Snow Valley, Inc. Before BARNES, JERTBERG and ELY, Circuit Judges. ELY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant, plaintiff below, sought, unsuccessfully, to recover damages from the United States of America. Her suit followed an accident which occurred on February 21, 1960, when she was fifteen years of age. The accident occurred on real property owned by the United States, and the suit was instituted under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 1346, 2671-2680. 2 The parcel of land on which the accident occurred was located within the boundaries of…