Geneva Brown Ford v. United States

Action against the United States by the natural mother of a soldier to recover the $10,000.00 payment under the Servicemen’s Indemnity Act of 1951, Public Law 23, 82nd Congress, Chapter 39, 1st Session, 38 U.S.C.A. § 851 et seq., and which amount the Veterans Administration had awarded to the soldier’s aunt and uncle as persons standing in the relationship of parents. As a claim seeking judgment for the money, the District Court was right in its order of dismissal. Acker v. United States, 5 Cir., 226 F.2d 575. The assertion, now made on the appeal, that it was likewise an effort to review the…