SMALL v. UNITED STATES

No. 7349.

110 F.2d 122 (1940)

SMALL v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 22, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude L. Dawson, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David A. Pine, U. S. Dist. Atty., and Fendall Marbury, Sp. Atty., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee United States.

J. Edward Burroughs and William P. Arnold, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee Anna Edith Cohen.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and VINSON, Associate Justices.


VINSON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment by the district court that the defendant (appellee here) Anna Edith Cohen, is entitled as beneficiary to the proceeds of a United States life insurance policy issued to the plaintiff's (appellant here) husband.

It appears that the insured (now deceased) enlisted in the military service of the United States on May 21, 1918, and while in such service was granted war risk insurance (yearly renewable...

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