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NIEVES v. UNITED STATES

No. 9227.

160 F.2d 11 (1947)

NIEVES v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 10, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren E. Miller, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Searcy L. Johnson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Thomas E. Walsh, Dept. of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justices.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

Gregorio Cruz Collazo enlisted in the United States Army on February 26, 1915. He became mentally unbalanced, and was officially declared incompetent as of February 13, 1917. On April 12, 1917, he was discharged from the army, but was confined in an insane asylum until his death on January 15, 1944.

After the inception of Collazo's disabling misfortune, the Congress enacted on October 6, 1917, what was termed a War Risk...

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