GANN v. MEEK

No. 11964.

165 F.2d 857 (1948)

GANN et al. v. MEEK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Dailey, of Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

Hardy Moore and T. D. Wells, both of Paris, Tex., and Searcy L. Johnson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to determine ownership of the proceeds of a policy of National Service Life Insurance issued to Corporal Arthur B. Ervin, United States Marine Corps, who was killed in combat on the island of Saipan during the late war.

The question presented for our determination is whether a change of beneficiary from the wife to the mother was effected. On the trial below a jury awarded the proceeds of the insurance policy to the...

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