Legal Opinion
O'Connell v. United States
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided April 7, 1941No. Nos. 32-D; 604-DPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
In each of these cases the administrator of a deceased veteran of the United States Army sues to recover United States pension moneys accumulated and paid to some one or more of defendants for the benefit of each of the respective decedents while he was a member of a National Soldiers Home or of a Veterans Facility. Inasmuch as the facts in the two causes are largely similar and the issues almost identical, the motions to dismiss each complaint will be disposed of in one memorandum.
28 U.S.C.A. § 41 Paragraph (20) prohibits any suit against the Government unless it…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Tynan v. WalkerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- John K. & Catherine S. Mullen Benevolent Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Wellington v. ApthorpMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Moore v. BrandenburgIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Bryson v. McShaneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. CardinalDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1978
- McElroy v. HawksleySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1963
- NorrisUnited States Court of Claims · 1977