MITCHELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 12139.

165 F.2d 758 (1948)

MITCHELL v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Milling Bernstein, of Monroe, La., and Mark Callaway, of Brownwood, Tex., for appellant.

Howell H. Heard and J. Norman Coon, both of Monroe, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


LEE, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Mrs. Rutledge, widow of Lieutenant Wayne T. Hardwick, brought suit against the United States and Mrs. Mitchell, the mother of Hardwick, to recover on a National Service Life Insurance contract in the amount of $10,000. Prior to the suit, the appellee made claim through the Veterans' Administration and her claim was rejected by the Administration's Board of Appeals. Mrs. Mitchell, the appellant...

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