REYNOLDS v. UNITED STATES

No. KC-66.

96 F.Supp. 257 (1951)

REYNOLDS v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court D. Kansas.

March 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Donald Lysaught of Stanley, Stanley, Schroeder, Weeks & Thomas, Kansas City, Kan., for plaintiff.

Lester Luther, U. S. Atty., and Malcolm Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Topeka, Kan., for defendant.


MELLOTT, Chief Judge.

The issue is whether an aunt of a deceased soldier may be awarded the unpaid balance of the proceeds of two National Service Life Insurance policies. Her right to recover rests upon the statutory provision including within the permissible group of beneficiaries, who may be designated by an insured serviceman, "persons who have stood in loco parentis to * * * [him] at any time prior to entry into active service for a period of not less than one...

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