Olson v. United States

SheltoN, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Tbis is an action involving a claim against tbe Check Forgery Insurance Fund under 31 U.S.C. §§ 561, 564 (1964) and 31 C.F.B. §§ 359.0-359.4. Plaintiffs in this suit are tbe co-administratrices of tbe estate of Sarilla L. Whitlock, deceased.

*300In October 1960, Mrs. Wbitlock, a widow, who resided in Alameda County, California, fell and injured her hip. Thereafter, she was confined to a convalescent hospital until her death in 1965. On April 28, 1961, John C. Houlihan, her attorney, obtained an order from the Superior Court of California appointing…