SNYDER v. BUCK

Civ. A. No. 1225-47.

75 F.Supp. 902 (1948)

SNYDER v. BUCK.

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

January 23, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Geyer Tausig, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., D. Vance Swann and William C. Brewer, all of Washington, D. C., for defendant.


HOLTZOFF, Associate Justice.

This is an action by the widow of a Naval officer for relief in the nature of a mandamus to direct the Paymaster General of the Navy to pay her an amount equal to six months' pay of the deceased at the rate received by him at the time of his death.

The pertinent statute provides that upon the death, from wounds or disease, of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the regular Navy or regular Marine Corps, the Paymaster...

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