UNITED STATES v. SNYDER

Nos. 9848, 9849.

177 F.2d 44 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. SNYDER. REUL v. SNYDER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant United States of America. Mr. H. Graham Morison, Assistant Attorney General, Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Mr. Samuel D. Slade, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant United States of America. Messrs. Peter C. Charuhas and William Clarence Brewer, Attorneys, Department of Justice, and Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellant United States of America.

Mr. Benjamin C. Sigal, Washington, D. C., for appellant Reul.

Mr. John Geyer Tausig, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Gibbs L. Baker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before CLARK, PRETTYMAN and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

These are two appeals from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

Charles Richard Snyder was in the service of the United States Navy. He applied for and was granted two policies of National Service Life Insurance and, by proper documents, designated as his principal beneficiary Madeleine Ursula Snyder, described by him as his "wife", and as his "contingent beneficiary" his sister, Dorothy...

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