Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. v. Hartwell C. Barnett, United States of America

JONES, Circuit Judge:

The facts are “short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance.” 1 Hartwell Barnett sustained an injury in the course of and arising out of his employment as a painter with Benjamin G. Monk. He was taken to a Veterans Administration hospital in Dallas, Texas. An examination showed a fractured skull. ' After he had regained consciousness, he executed a number of documents by one of which he represented that he was without funds or means to obtain hospital and medical treatment. He made no assignment to the Veterans Administration of the United States of his workmen’s…