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CORNWELL v. CORNWELL

No. 7389.

118 F.2d 396 (1941)

CORNWELL v. CORNWELL et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 17, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey B. Fennell and L. Q. C. Lamar, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David A. Pine, Lucien H. Mercier, and James B. Costello, all of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

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

MILLER, Associate Justice.

The suit in the lower court was instituted by appellant to compel the United States to pay to her the proceeds of a policy of war risk insurance on her husband's life. The United States admitted liability under the policy. It remained to be determined whether appellant or appellee Cornwell was the beneficiary thereunder. The questions presented by this appeal, however, do not go to the merits, but are exclusively procedural in nature, namely...

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