United States v. Teehan

BHUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action seeks to recoup overpayments of family allowance benefits.

There is no doubt that the defendant, Jane Teehan, received from the plaintiff allotment checks totalling $320 to which she was not entitled from the period June, 1942 through September 30, 1943.

The Government exhibits show that allotments were provided for in the payroll records of defendant, James Teehan, when he was a private in the United States Army, and that they were not deducted from his pay, and that they were paid to him in cash. His signature is affixed to the payroll…