United States v. Dry Dock Savings Institution

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by the United States to recover from the defendant the amount of a savings account, $615.16 plus interest, standing to the credit of a deceased veteran, Markar Badoyian, who died on April 14, 1943 in a Veterans’ Administration facility in New York City, intestate and without heirs or next of kin. As a first cause of action the complaint relies upon an agreement contained in the veteran’s application for admission to the facility to the effect that in the event of his death, while under care, without heirs or next of kin all his personal property “shall…