UNITED STATES v. GRIFFIN

No. 15032.

216 F.2d 217 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Rosa GRIFFIN, Administratrix of the Estate of George Griffin, Sr., Deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied January 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles W. Atkinson, U. S. Atty., Henry M. Britt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., and Melvin Richter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

G. Byron Dobbs, Fort Smith, Ark. (Wiley W. Bean, Clarksville, Ark., was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied January 31, 1955. See 75 S.Ct. 339.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

George Griffin, Sr., the principal beneficiary under a policy of National Service Life Insurance issued to his son George Griffin, Jr., while on active duty in the Army, brought this action on March 28, 1952, against the United States upon the claim (previously disallowed by the Veterans Administration) that the policy was in force at the time the insured died on March 24...

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