SAWYER v. UNITED STATES

No. 11807.

211 F.2d 476 (1954)

SAWYER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

March 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Lackey, Nashville, Tenn., Victor M. Falster, Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for appellant.

Thomas E. Walsh, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Warren E. Burger, D. Vance Swann, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Armistead O. Denning, James M. Swiggart, Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Beulah Ann Sawyer, the mother of Robert D. Sawyer, brought this action to recover the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance contract issued on the life of the son in the amount of $10,000, in which the appellant was designated beneficiary. The District Judge, hearing the case without a jury, dismissed the complaint.

The District Judge made the following findings of fact which are fully supported by the evidence. Robert...

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