UNITED STATES v. BARNETT

No. 15804.

230 F.2d 926 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Gladys Ann BARNETT and W. J. Barnett, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Ross, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. U. S. Atty., Austin, Tex., Paul A. Sweeney, Chief, Appellate Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

F. L. Kuykendall, Austin, Tex., Ross K. Prescott, Dallas, Tex., for appellees.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from a judgment below awarding the $10,000 face value of a National Service Life Insurance policy, plus 4% interest thereon, to the named beneficiary and his assignee. The principal issues are, first, whether the insured abandoned his premium waiver under the policy by failing to cooperate with the Veterans' Administration in filling out and returning to it a form entitled "Employment Report of Insured Veteran"; and...

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