Hannah v. Hannah

Beid, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether “benefit payments” made and to be made to the plaintiff in error by the United States Government by reason of the death of a son by his first wife while in military service during the world war, and property purchased with such “benefit payments,” can properly be considered by the judge as available resources of the plaintiff in error, -in awarding his second wife temporary alimony. The plaintiff in error is seventy-nine years of age, and physically unable to work. He is paid $45 per month by the United States Government, and out of these…