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EDWARDS v. LATHAN

No. 672.

24 F.Supp. 138 (1938)

EDWARDS et al. v. LATHAN (UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO., Intervenor).

District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

May 12, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Cleo Thompson, of Dallas, Tex., and Blanchard, Goldstein, Walker & O'Quin, of Shreveport, La., for complainants.

R. L. Williams, of Arcadia, La., for respondent.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, of Monroe, La., for intervener.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Will Lathan, a colored war veteran, died intestate in 1921 and there was subsequently awarded to his estate by the Veterans' Bureau, the sum of $5260, as war risk insurance. The defendant was appointed administratrix by the State Court of Bienville Parish, and upon allegations and proofs submitted by her and others, to the effect that deceased left no closer relatives, they, as aunts and uncles, were adjudged by the State Court on July 20...

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