HAWKEY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 846-D.

108 F.Supp. 941 (1952)

HAWKEY v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. Illinois.

December 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Bland, Shelbyville, Ill., Parker, Bauer & Parker and George H. Bauer, all of Effingham, Ill., for plaintiff.

William W. Hart, U. S. Atty., Danville, Ill. and Ernest R. McHale, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant United States of America.

M. C. McCallen, Effingham, Ill., guardian ad litem for minor defendants.

McCollum & McCollum, Louisville, Ill., for defendants and counterclaimants Pauline Cornell and Bert Jenkins.


PLATT, District Judge.

Anna Hawkey, mother of Elsworth Jenkins, a deceased veteran, filed suit against the United States of America to obtain the undispersed proceeds of two $5,000 National Service Life Insurance certificates. Eleven half brothers and sisters, Bert Jenkins, putative father, and Bert Jenkins's daughter Pauline Cornell were made parties defendant. Answers were filed by the United States of America, the half brothers and sisters who were minors by a...

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