Elliott v. United States
District Court, N.D. Ohio
In Equity. Suit by Ruth Elaine Elliott, a minor, by her next friend, Adeline M. Elliott, against the United States of America, David E. Houston, Secretary of the Treasury, and another, in which the United States had Adeline M. Elliott' and another made parties defendant.
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In Equity. Suit by Ruth Elaine Elliott, a minor, by her next friend, Adeline M. Elliott, against the United States of America, David E. Houston, Secretary of the Treasury, and another, in which the United States had Adeline M. Elliott' and another made parties defendant. Motion to dismiss suit as to defendant David’F. Houston sustained, motion to transfer the cause to the law side of the court denied, and decree entered determining that defendant Mary Cecelia Elliott is the beneficiary of the war risk insurance involved.
1Opinion of the Court
WESTENHAVER, District Judge.
This action was brought originally against the United States of America, David E. Houston, Secretary of the Treasury, and Mary Cecelia Elliott, and involves conflicting claims to the war insurance of Andra&Hugh Elliott, an enlisted maxi of- the United States militaxy forces, who was killed in France December 21, 1918. The conti'oversy arises under the War Risk Insurance Act of October 15, 1917, as later amended by act June 25, 1918 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 514a, 514kk et seq.). The insurance certificate was issued, and the disposition of the…
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