Moore v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant, William A. Moore, is the father of John K. Moore, late captain, Fifteenth Infantry, United States Army, and was designated by said John K. Moore as the person to receive the six months’ death benefit. II. Prior to the summer of 1908, said Capt. John K. Moore had been on duty in the Philippine Islands.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant, William A. Moore, is the father of John K. Moore, late captain, Fifteenth Infantry, United States Army, and was designated by said John K. Moore as the person to receive the six months’ death benefit. II. Prior to the summer of 1908, said Capt. John K. Moore had been on duty in the Philippine Islands. His health became impaired by the conditions of service in said Philippine Islands. He obtained a leave of absence on full pay for the purpose of coming to the United States, as provided in…
1Opinion of the CourtBakNex, J.
This is a suit brought to recover the six months’ death benefit provided by law, to be paid in certain cases to the person properly designated, on the death of an officer or enlisted man in the military service of the United States. The plaintiff is the father of Capt. John K. Moore, late of the Fifteenth Infantry, United States Army, who died while in the military service in the military hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on September 8, 1908, and which officer had designated his father as the recipient of the death benefit above mentioned.
*112The claim is based upon the following statutes:
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barr v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1878
3Cited by3 opinions
- Doke v. United Pacific InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1942
- Hendrick v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
- Campbell v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1948