Blandin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 15th day of February, 1898, John J. Blandin was an officer of the United States steamer Maine, which was destroyed on that day by an explosion in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, and was injured by nervous shock and exposure sustained in and by such destruction to such an extent that he died therefrom on the following 16th day of July, 1898. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 15th day of February, 1898, John J. Blandin was an officer of the United States steamer Maine, which was destroyed on that day by an explosion in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, and was injured by nervous shock and exposure sustained in and by such destruction to such an extent that he died therefrom on the following 16th day of July, 1898. II. At the time of the destruction Lieutenant Blandin held the office of lieutenant, junior grade, but a vacancy then existed in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
The claimant is the widow of John J. Blandin, late lieutenant in the United States Navy, who died on the 16th *570day of June, 1898, in consequence of a nervous shock and injury received in the destruction of the U. S. steamer Maine on the 15th day of February, A. D. 1898.
At the time of the destruction, John J. Blandin was a lieutenant, junior grade, on board of said steamer. A vacancy then existed in the grade of lieutenant, to which he was entitled to be promoted in due course, but by reason of absence on duty he was not available for examination, and therefore, without fault on his part, he…
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