CASTOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 13874.

174 F.2d 481 (1949)

CASTOR v. UNITED STATES (CASTOR et al., Third-Party Defendants).

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Fitzgerald, of Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Richard H. Musser, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Kansas City, Mo. (Sam M. Wear, U. S. Atty., of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for the United States, appellee.

H. W. Wright, of Cherokee, Okl., for third-party appellees.

Before SANBORN, RIDDICK, and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


COLLET, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff made claim to the Director of Insurance of the Veterans Administration for the face amount of a National Service Life Insurance Policy, No. 11,479,233, issued on the life of Arley O. Castor, in which policy plaintiff, Helen Maxine Castor, was designated as the wife and beneficiary. The claim was rejected on the ground that plaintiff was not the wife of Arley O. Castor at the time of his death and that the insured's father and mother...

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