Docket No. 2191.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
J. J. Smith, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Evan Jones, Deceased,
Claimants,
v.
GERMANY.
BY THE COMMISSION: –
Evan Jones, born a Welshman, a naturalized American citizen, about 65 years of age, was lost with the Lusitania. He was returning to Wales to live out the balance of his days. There his brothers and sisters lived, and there lived also an illegitimate daughter, who was born and has ever remained a subject of Great Britain, and who is the lawful heir to the entire estate of Evan Jones (see Adams v. Smith, Administrator, et al., decided by the Supreme Court of Iowa April 7, 1921, reported in 182 Northwestern Reporter, pages 227 – 234). That estate is being administered in the Probate Court of Wapello, County, Iowa, the claimant herein being the duly appointed, qualified, and acting administrator thereof. The assets of the estate are of a value largely in excess of all the claims against it.
It appears from the record that no one who was an American national at the time of the sinking of the Lusitania and at the time the Treaty of Berlin became effective has suffered any damage through the death of Evan Jones or through the loss of any personal property which he may have had with him.
Applying the rules announced in the Lusitania Opinion and in Administrative Decision No. V and in other decisions of this Commission to the facts as disclosed by this record, the Commission decrees that under the Treaty of Berlin of August 25, 1921, and in accordance with its terms the Government of Germany is not obligated to pay to the Government of the United States any amount on behalf of the claimants herein or either of them.
Done at Washington January 7, 1925.
EDWIN B. PARKER,
Umpire.
CHANDLER P. ANDERSON,
American Commissioner.
W. KIESSELBACH,
German Commissioner.
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