WHITE v. UNITED STATES

No. 177.

270 U.S. 175 (1926)

WHITE v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.T. Gordon, with whom Mr. R.L. Gordon, Jr., was on the brief, for appellant.

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Letts, and Messrs. Alfred A. Wheat and William M. Offley, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

George White, a soldier in the American army during the late war, on July 1, 1918, took out insurance upon his life for $10,000 under the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917, c. 105, Article IV, § 400; 40 Stat. 398, 409. He designated his mother, the appellant, as beneficiary, but by a letter of the same date, since established as his will, he provided that...

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