CORNWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 8650.

146 F.2d 661 (1944)

CORNWELL v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 11, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph A. Cusick, of Washington D. C., for appellee John L. Cornwell.

No appearance for appellee United States of America.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

The case is here on motion to dismiss or affirm. The facts are these:

Dr. Frank W. Cornwell was a Major in the Medical Corps of the Army in the first World War. During his period of service he secured from the United States a war risk insurance policy in the sum of $10,000, and named his wife (appellant) as beneficiary. In November, 1933, and after a separation from his wife, he revoked his former designation and named his brother, John L. Cornwell...

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