Hahn v. Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans' Affairs

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Ida Hahn received a pension under Vet.Reg.No. 1(a), Part II, Par. III, 38 U.S.C.A. ch. 12, as the unremarried widow of a veteran. This pension was discontinued, pursuant to Reg. No. 2(a), Part I, Paragraphs III(d) and IV(a), 38 U.S.C.A. ch. 12, when, in 1947, she went through another marriage ceremony. Some time later, a New York court annulled the second marriage on the ground that it had been procured by fraud, and Mrs. Hahn thereupon applied to appellee for restoration of her pension. The application was denied by all of the adjudicating authorities of the…