Hortentia R. Acosta v. The United States

320 F.2d 382

Hortentia R. ACOSTA

v.

The UNITED STATES.

No. 82-62.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1963.

William M. Apgar, La Mesa, Cal., for plaintiff.

Charles M. Munnecke, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WHITAKER, LARAMORE, DURFEE and DAVIS, Judges.

DAVIS, Judge.

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Luis F. Acosta, plaintiff's husband, disappeared on February 10, 1950, from his home in San Diego, California, and has not since been heard of or seen. When he vanished he was a retired naval enlisted man drawing retirement pay of $181.50 per month. After…