United States v. Gallagher

WEINBERGER, District Judge.

The plaintiffs’ motion for a summary judgment presents for decision a controversy between the United States and the State of California as to which of them is entitled to the residue of the estate of George Howard, a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, who died while a patient in the Veterans Administration Hospital at West Los Angeles, California, on July 9, 1949.

The veteran died intestate, the owner of $3,351.96 money in bank and ten United States Savings Bonds appraised at $1,840. These items of personalty constituted his entire estate. No spouse,…