BURTON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 2920.

95 F.Supp. 474 (1951)

BURTON v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

February 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel L. Adams, Jr., Joseph R. Bethard, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Harvey L. Carey, James R. Alexander, Shreveport, La., for United States.

John S. Webb, Shreveport, La., for defendant Jones.


DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

The petition alleges that Henry Burton, Jr., on June 26, 1943, while in the military service of the United States, was issued a National Service Life Insurance policy in the sum of $10,000. He designated his then wife, Lizzie Burton, and his father, Henry Burton, Sr., beneficiaries, and directed that the proceeds were "to be divided equally or all to survivor" as between them, with the plaintiff herein, insured's brother, named as "contingent...

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