Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-06-22
RELIEF OF SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS.
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The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Re-
lief Act. recently passed by Congress,
aims to protect soldiers and sailors
from undue hardship, due to their IN
ability to bring or defend lawsuits
and to attend to their business OBJ
legations or property rights, during
their absence in military service.
A soldier or sailor may owe money
on note. Or he may have bought or
leased lands or tools or furniture on
which an installment is yet due. Or he
NAV have mortgaged his home, and
be liable to foreclosure for non pay
ment. Or he may have started home
stead or mining claim and be unaoie
to continue the necessary occupation
in the required period of time. Or ne
may have carried life insurance tor
several years and now be unable to
keep up the premium payments. Or
he may have a money claim against
someone and during his absence the
lapse of time may raise legal bar
against suing for it whenShe returns.
Or he may be sued on some claim
in his absence and may be unable to
defend the suit effectively while alb
sent.
In these and other ways, he may
suffer undue hardship. The object of
this Act is to give relief from such
hardship.
The provisions of the Act are too
numerous to set forth accurately here.
Enough to point out that its its main
principle is as follows:
Cd Let someone, on behalf of the
soldier or sailor, notify the Court that
the party concerned is a soldier or
sailor. Then the Court will make
prompt inquiries into the merits of
the case; if the case merits it, the
Court has power to stay the other
party from further proceedings, or to
give other remedy that may be ap-
propriate. The Court may also APP
point an attorney to, represent the SOL
der or sailor in the lawsuit.
(2) If a lawsuit has been already
begun in some Court against the sold
Ter or sailor, go to that same Court
and give the notice above mentioned
If no lawsuit has yet been begun,
but some landlord or other person is
preparing to sell out or take possess
ion of property in which the soldier
or sailor is interested, 60 to the court
| in whose jurisdiction the property IS
notify the court as above, and ask
the court to summon the other party
| All such persons are forbidden by law
to take property in that way without
first applying to court for an order
but some persons may attempt to
take possession without doing so, in
ignorance OF the new law.
(3) If the soldier or sailor had an
insurance policy or fraternal bene-
fit membership, before September !
1917, and fears that he may not be
able to keep up his payments. he
should write to the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau at Washington, and ask
them for form of application, Cor ask
his post adjutant at the Campo The
| Government ION certain conditions
will guarantee the payment of the
premiums, so that the policy or mem
bership will not be forfeited during
the soldiers or sailors absence; hs
will then have year after his return
in which to pay up and save his pol
icy or membership. This relief does
not apply. to all policies or member
ships, and details cannot be givei
here; but on filling out the applica
ton and sending it to the War Risl
Bureau, if it is the kind OF insurance
that is protected by this act, it vii
be duly taken care Of
| (4) Copies of this act are bein
sent to about 10000 lawyers, to a
superior courts, and to all loca
Boards: and the Boards have bee
asked to hand a copy to the neares
; magistrate. Thus the Courts ought t
, be already we'll informed as to tn
provisions of she new act. Neverths
less, the copies furnished to the Re
Cross officers and members will dout
less be needed for further circulatio
: to lawyers >and magistrates. Appl
, cations for copies should be directe
,, to the Division offices of the Rs
Cross.