SAMALA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 2867-59.

183 F.Supp. 601 (1960)

Eugenia Arpon Vda de SAMALA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

May 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry F. Lerch, Robert L. Pillote, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Russell Chapin, David V. Seaman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the defendant's motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.

The material facts are not in dispute. On April 30, 1942, Ysidoro Samala, a member of the Philippine Scouts, United States Army, died while a prisoner of war in the Philippines. His widow, the plaintiff here, filed a claim on March 15, 1946, with the Veterans' Administration for...

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