COHN v. COHN

No. 9671.

171 F.2d 828 (1948)

COHN et al. v. COHN et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur L. Willcher, of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Warren E. Miller, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. David S. Allshouse, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Cohn.

Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Atty., Mr. John D. Lane, Assistant United States Atty., and Messrs. D. Vance Swann and Thomas E. Walsh, Attys., Department of Justice, all of Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee United States of America.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil action brought by the wife of a deceased naval officer against his parents and the United States to recover the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance policy. The parents of the insured were the named beneficiaries on the policy. The wife claimed that by a change she had been named in their stead.

No writing, formal or informal, explicit or merely suggestive, nor any...

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