UNITED STATES v. MASON

Civ. No. 1-118.

103 F.Supp. 619 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. MASON et al.

United States District Court S. D. Iowa, Central Division.

December 20, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. R. Hart, U. S. Atty., Cloid I. Level, Asst. U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, Wm. R. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Keokuk, Iowa, for Government.

T. C. Jones, Des Moines, Iowa, for defendant Margaret Mason Crawford.

Henry T. McKnight, Des Moines, Iowa, for remaining defendants.


RILEY, District Judge.

Ernest Mason, hereinafter called the insured, while in the military service applied for and was granted a contract of National Service Life Insurance, effective June 1, 1942, in the amount of $10,000, in which he designated Mary Mason, his mother, as the sole beneficiary.

The beneficiary died Oct. 19, 1942. The insured died Feb. 8, 1945, leaving no issue, with the insurance in full force and effect and without having changed the beneficiary...

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