TURNER v. UNITED STATES

No. 15571.

237 F.2d 700 (1956)

Birdie B. TURNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harris Jones, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant.

Osro Cobb, U. S. Atty., and Walter G. Riddick, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and VOGEL, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This was an action brought by appellant against the United States to recover the $10,000 death gratuity provided by the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951, 38 U.S.C.A. § 851 et seq. We shall refer to the parties as they were designated in the trial court.

In her complaint plaintiff alleged, in effect, that she was the mother of James Reed Turner who died at Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 14, 1954, being at said time an enlisted person...

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