Docket No. 223.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Charles Robinson, William R. Robinson, James H. Robinson, Mary Ann May Hanan, and Emma Louise Hollely,
Claimants,
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 the facts as disclosed by the record follows:
The United States asserts this claim on behalf of the father, brothers, and sisters of Charles E. H. Robinson, an American citizen, for losses resulting from the latter’s death while a passenger on the Lusitania. Claimants then were and ever since have been American nationals.
At the time of his death Charles E. H. Robinson was in the employ of the Walkover Shoe Company and enroute [sic] to take charge of and manage a branch establishment in London at a salary of $3,000 perannum. He was then 53 years of age and left surviving him a father, Charles Robinson, 81 years of age, two brothers, William R. and James H. Robinson, 54 and 52 years of age respectively, and two married sisters, 43 and 40 years of age respectively. The deceased contributed $300 per annum to the support of his father but made no contributions to his brothers and sisters, none of whome were dependent upon him.
No claim is made for the property lost.
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 its terms the Government of Germany is obligated to pay to the Government of the United States on behalf of Charles Robinson the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent per annum from November 1, 1923; and further decrees that the Government of Germany is not obligated to pay to the Government of the United States any amount on behalf of the other claimants herein.
Done at Washington February 21, 1924.
EDWIN B. PARKER
Umpire.
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[a] Dated February 14, 1924.
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