SPIKES v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 4113.

117 F.Supp. 6 (1953)

SPIKES v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

December 22, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward K. Alexander, DeQuincy, La., for plaintiff.

Walter A. Raymond, Kansas City, Mo., James B. Collins, Lake Charles, La., for Elnora Grant.

T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for the United States.


DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

This is a suit under the National Service Life Insurance Act, 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 817 and 445.

Plaintiff, a resident of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, alleges that she is the foster mother ("standing in `loco parentis'") of Levell Grant, who is said to have died in Korea, while in service, on October 5, 1951.

The complaint avers that plaintiff became decedent's foster mother when he was placed in her care about July 4...

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