GEIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 21424.

404 F.2d 154 (1968)

Setsuko M. GEIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Masako Geis, Defendants and Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Lundin (argued), of Geraghty, Lundin & Geraghty, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Albert E. Stephan (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Eugene G. Cushing, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for the United States.

Casey & Pruzan, Phillip Hutchison (argued), Seattle, Wash., for appellee Masako Geis.

Before CHAMBERS, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Walter W. Geis served in the United States Army and the United States Air Force for more than 22 years prior to his death in 1963. First he married Setsuko in 1951 in Japan. She came with him to the United States and was divorced from him in Seattle in 1956. Apparently one son was born to this marriage, although it is not clear that he knew of the birth. Then, back again in Japan, in 1957 he married Masako. She, too, came to the United States...

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