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HASTINGS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9211.

133 F.2d 218 (1943)

HASTINGS et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 6, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert G. Riley, of Memphis, Tenn. (Albert G. Riley and Harry U. Scruggs, both of Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

Keith L. Seegmiller, of Washington, D. C. (William McClanahan, C. P. J. Mooney, and Thomas C. Farnsworth, all of Memphis, Tenn., Francis M. Shea, Lester P. Schoene, Wilbur C. Pickett, Fendall Marbury, and Keith L. Seegmiller, all of Washington, D. C., and Richard N. Ivins, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS, ALLEN and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Suit by William Robert Hastings and W. W. Jones, administrator c. t. a. of the estate of William Benton Hallum, to recover the proceeds of a government life insurance policy upon the life of Hallum.

At the close of plaintiff's evidence the court granted the government's motion for a directed verdict and entered judgment thereon; hence this appeal.

Hallum, born in 1893 of unknown parents, was a Veteran of World War I. In 1906 he...

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