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UNITED STATES v. HOUSTON

No. 12059.

216 F.2d 440 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Henry HOUSTON, Janie Pearl Houston, and Mary Houston Williams, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 12, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Burger, Washington, D. C., Fred Elledge, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. (Samuel D. Slade and Benjamin Forman, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Frierson & Queener, W. A. Richardson and Thos. E. Humphrey, Jr., Columbia, Tenn., for appellee.

Before ALLEN, MARTIN and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this case the district court reviewed an award of indemnity made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951, 38 U.S.C.A. § 851 et seq. The court entered a judgment directing the United States to pay the indemnity to specified parties and to pay a fee to the attorneys of the successful parties. It is evident from a careful examination of the relevant statutes that unlike the National Service Life Insurance...

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