Docket No. 232.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
on behalf of
Margaret Lavinia Kellet [sic] and Stewart Cranston Kellet [sic],
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 on behalf of Margaret Lavinia Kellet and her son, Stewart Cranston Kellett, asserts this claim for losses alleged to have suffered by them resulting from the death of Francis Kellet [sic], their husband and father respectively, who went down with the Lusitania.
The decedent, a naturalized American citizen, who at the time of his death was slightly past 47 years of age, left a widow 41 and a son 13 years of age, claimants herein, who were at that time and have ever since been American nationals. The decedent was vice-president of the Julius Stein Company’s Successors, Inc. His annual income from salary and commissions for the five years 1910 to 1914, inclusive, averaged approximately $6,500. He was physically strong, industrious, and his prospects for the future were bright. His widow and son were wholly dependent upon him for support.
No claim is made for property lost.
Applying the rules announced in the Lusitania Opinion 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) Margaret Lavinia Kellett the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) and (2) Stewart Cranston Kellett the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), both said sums to bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum from November 1, 1923.
Done at Washington February 21, 1924.
EDWIN B. PARKER
Umpire.
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[a] Dated February 14, 1924.
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