Dell'Aquila v. Chapman

This motion presents a sociological problem as well as a legal problem.

The petitioner Joseph Dell’Aquila is the father and sole surviving parent of one Alfred John Dell’Aquila, a deceased veteran. In 1944, the deceased married one Marie C. Field. *283On May 5,1945, the deceased met his death on Biak Island, in the Netherland East Indies. The deceased left him surviving his widow and his aged father. On September 29, 1946, the deceased’s wife remarried one Joseph John Cali with whom she presently resides. On January 1, 1948, the State Bonus Law became effective (L. 1947, ch. 547, as amd.).

In due…