Docket No. 275.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Anna B. Mills, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Veitch Mills, Deceased,
Claimants,
v.
GERMANY.
PARKER, Umpire, rendered the decision of the Commission.
This case is before the Umpire for decision on a certificate of the two National Commissioners[a] certifying their disagreement. A brief statement of facts as disclosed by the record as follows:
Charles Veitch Mills and Anna Bavier were married on October 1, 1910, at New Rochelle, New York, where they afterwards resided in a comfortable home owned and maintained by them until Mr. Mills lost his life while a passenger on the Lusitania. There was no issue of this marriage. At the time of his death Mills was 33 years and Mrs. Mills 28 years of age. He was assistant manager of a department in a mercantile establishment in New York City. His income from his personal efforts at the time of his death was approximately $4,000 per annum. He was physically strong, mentally alert, industrious, of exemplary habits, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his associates. His prospects for business advancement were bright.
The personal property lost with Mr. Mills was of the value of $2,000.00.
Applying the rules announced in the Lusitania Opinion and in the other decisions of this Commission to the facts as disclosed by the record, the Commission decrees that under the Treaty of Berlin of August 25, 1921, and in accordance with the terms of the Government of Germany is obligated to pay to the Government of the United States on behalf of (1) Anna B. Mills individually the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum form November 1, 1923, and (2) Anna B. Mills as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Veitch Mills, Deceased, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from May 7, 1915.
Done at Washington February 21, 1924.
EDWIN B. PARKER
Umpire.
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[a] Dated February 14, 1924.
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