KERSHNER v. UNITED STATES

No. 13926.

215 F.2d 737 (1954)

Eleanor Miles KERSHNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

September 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Meindl, Portland, Oregon, Melvin Goode, Courtney R. Johns, Albany, Oregon, for appellant.

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel D. Slade, Russell Chapin, T. S. L. Perlman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., C. E. Luckey, U. S. Atty., Eugene, Ore., Victor E. Harr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Oregon, for appellee.

Before HEALY, POPE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Floyd Lewis Kershner was a World War II veteran. Eleanor Miles Kershner, plaintiff and appellant, is his surviving mother and the designated beneficiary under her son's National Service Life Insurance Policy in the amount of $10,000.

It is agreed that Kershner was honorably discharged from the Navy on March 14, 1946; that premiums were paid on the policy to April 10, 1946; and that by March 10, 1946, the veteran had become totally...

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