DYKE v. DYKE

No. 12360.

227 F.2d 461 (1955)

Viola DYKE, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Harold Dyke, Deceased, Appellant, v. Willie Mae Keaton DYKE, United States of America, and Betty Sue Dyke, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hobart F. Atkins, Knoxville, Tenn. (Judd Acuff, Hobart F. Atkins, Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

John H. Doughty, Knoxville, Tenn. (Hodges & Doughty, Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The issue for determination here is who is entitled to receive the death benefits of a National Service Life Insurance policy issued to a soldier who died after his discharge from Army service. The contest is between the appellant mother, originally designated as principal beneficiary, and the appellees, decedent's wife and infant daughter who were respectively the substituted principal and contingent beneficiaries of the policy. The United...

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