UNITED STATES v. SCOGGINS

No. 15410.

224 F.2d 517 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Marguerite Parlington SCOGGINS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Ford, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellant.

John A. Pace, Dallas, Tex., Scurry, Scurry & Pace, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The Government is here appealing from a judgment against it on a National Service Life Insurance policy, contending that at the date of death of the veteran the policy had lapsed for non-payment of premiums.

Although the Veterans Administration's course of dealing with the decedent's premium payments was marked by some inconsistency and confusion, perhaps due in the main to benevolent concern for careless policyholders, the facts can...

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