Mauck v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought by the United States against W. M. Mauck, administrator of the estate of one August H. Eberhardt.

The estate of Eberhardt, who died intestate on February 29, 1920, consists of $934.-11. Eberhardt was a member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle, Cal., from November, 1916, until the day of his death. The government asserts a right to his estate under the provision of 24 U.S.C.A. § 136, that the admission of a veteran into the National Home shall constitute a…