COLEMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 9908.

176 F.2d 469 (1949)

COLEMAN v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. James T. Clark, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Roger Ratcliff, Washington, D. C. was on the brief, for appellee Coleman.

Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Thomas E. Walsh, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. entered appearances for appellee United States.

Before CLARK and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges and ARTHUR F. LEDERLE, District Judge, sitting by designation.


LEDERLE, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment determining that defendant-appellee, Mabel Gertrude Coleman, the mother of Lieut. Charles Edward Coleman, deceased, is entitled to the proceeds of a $10,000.00 National Service Life Insurance Policy as against plaintiff-appellant, Betty Carole Coleman, his widow. Plaintiff sought herein to establish that said insured, prior to his death, had changed the designation of beneficiary on this insurance policy from...

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