SCOTT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13467.

189 F.2d 863 (1951)

SCOTT v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford M. Graham, Lester E. Wills, Meridian, Miss., for appellant.

Russell Chapin, William H. Allen, Ellen C. McDonald, and D. Vance Swann, Attorneys. Department of Justice, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment for the United States, defendant below, in an action for death benefits brought by Catherine Scott, the beneficiary named in a policy of National Service Life Insurance, No. 16,464,602, issued by the defendant upon the life of Sim Scott, Jr., now deceased, when he was inducted into the Armed Services of the United States.

The insured, Sim Scott, Jr., was born February 28, 1926. He was inducted May...

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