Docket No. 270: Elizabeth and Edith Brammer

Docket No. 269.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Elizabeth Jane Brammer,
Claimant,

v.

GERMANY.

PARKER, Umpire, rendered the decision of the Commission.

This case is before the Umpire for decision on a certificate of the American Commissioner and the German Commissioner[a] certifying their disagreement. A brief statement of facts as disclosed by the record as follows:

The claimant, an American national, with her daughter [Edith], then 8 years of age, was a passenger on the Lusitania. Both she and her daughter were rescued from the water after suffering exposure and shock which resulted in the claimant being under the care of a physician for more than two months. The personal belongings of the claimant and her daughter, which were lost, were of the value of $400. In addition, the claimant places her damages for personal injuries to which she was subjected at $200.00.

Applying the rules announced in the Lusitania Opinion to the facts 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 Elizabeth Jane Brammer the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from November 1, 1923, and the further sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) with interest thereon from May 7, 1915 at the rate of five per cent per annum in each case.

Done at Washington February 21, 1924.

EDWIN B. PARKER
Umpire.

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[a] Dated February 14, 1924.