DOWNING v. DOWNING

No. 12000.

175 F.2d 40 (1949)

DOWNING et al. v. DOWNING et al.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 26, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis F. Yunker, Portland, Or., for appellants.

Wilbur, Beckett, Oppenheimer, Mautz & Souther and Arno H. Denecke, Portland, Or., for appellee Dorothy A. Downing.

Before HEALY, BONE, and POPE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a suit by the widow of an insured serviceman to recover on a National Service Life Insurance policy originally designating the insured's mother as beneficiary. The complaint alleged that the veteran had subsequent to his marriage changed the beneficiary of the policy from the mother to the wife. The court found that a document evidencing the change had been executed by the insured but was inadvertently lost while in possession of the United States...

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