Allen v. Kansas Soldiers' Compensation Board

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff, Sarah F. Allen, brought this action to overturn a ruling of the soldiers’ compensation board which denied her claim for compensation on account of the death of. her soldier husband, James Wayne Groves, who died in the Philippine Islands in the service of the United States during the world war.

The rejection of plaintiff’s claim was placed on the ground that her husband was not a resident of Kansas at the time he enlisted in the army.

The trial court made findings of fact sustaining the ruling of the defendant board and gave…