Docket No. 597.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Sarah Jane Lund Hornberger,
Claimant,
v.
GERMANY.
Docket No. 598.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Sarah Jane Lund Hornberger and the Estate of Charles Henry Lund, Deceased,
Claimants,
v.
GERMANY.
PARKER, Umpire, rendered the decision of the Commission.
These two cases, which have been considered together, are before the Umpire for decision on a certificate of the two National Commissioners[a] certifying their disagreement.
Charles Henry Lund, an American national, 29 years of age, and his wife, Sarah Jane Lund, then 29 years of age, were passengers on the Lusitania at the time of her destruction. The husband was lost, leaving no issue. The wife survived. Mrs. Lund married George F. Hornberger, an American national, on August 10, 1916.
In the case first above listed the claimant seeks to recover for personal injuries which she sustained and also the sum of $288, the value of her personal effects which she had with her on the Lusitania and which were lost. The claimant suffered from bruises on her body, exposure, and shock.
In the second case the claimant seeks to recover for pecuniary damages which she sustained resulting from the death of her first husband, Charles Henry Lund, and also the sum of $341.75, the value of his personal effects lost with him.
From the record it appears that Charles Henry Lund had for some time past been employed in Chicago as a railway-tower director at a salary of $115 per month, which constituted the sole source of income to him and his wife. He was a young man of good character, industry, and clean habits.
Applying the rules announced in the Lusitania Opinion and in the other decisions of this Commission to the facts as disclosed by these records, the Commission decrees that under the Treaty of Berlin of August 25, 1921, and in accordance with its terms the Government of Germany is obligated to pay to the Government of the United States on behalf of Sarah Jane Lund Hornberger (1) the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from November 1, 1923, and also (2) the sum of two hundred eighty-eight dollars ($288.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from May 7, 1915; and further decrees that the Government of Germany is obligated to pay to the Government of the United States on behalf of the Estate of Charles Henry Lund, Deceased, the sum of three hundred forty-one dollars seventy-five cents ($341.75) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from May 7, 1915.
Done at Washington January 14, 1925.
EDWIN B. PARKER,
Umpire.
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[a] Dated December 22, 1924.
53281°–25—-34
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