Legal Opinion
United States v. Sarah Elizabeth Duncan, of the Estate of Edna Smith
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 5, 1976No. 75--1526PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted by the United States against Sarah Elizabeth Duncan, the Executrix of the Edna C. Smith Estate, to recover monies that had been paid to Edna C. Smith. Mrs. Smith had signed the name of her deceased mother on government checks that had been issued to the mother, negotiated the checks at a bank, and then appropriated the money to her own use.
The sole defense of the Executrix was the six-year statute of limitations set forth in 31 U.S.C. §§ 129 and 131.
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The named payee of the checks in question was the widow of a Civil War…
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