KEOWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 14319.

191 F.2d 438 (1951)

KEOWN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

September 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Stewart and Stephen Robinson, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

William R. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Keokuk, Iowa (William R. Hart, U. S. Atty. and Cloid I. Level, Asst. U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOODROUGH, THOMAS and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The executrix of the estate of a deceased soldier (who was also his mother and his sole testamentary beneficiary) sued to recover from the United States the arrears of pay due him at the time of his death in the amount of $1374.62. The United States had previously made payment of the arrears to his widow, from whom he was personally estranged but not legally separated. The trial court entered a judgment...

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