WHEELER v. TERRELL

No. 13143.

238 F.2d 29 (1956)

Nellie B. Terrell WHEELER, Appellant, v. Lucille Simmons TERRELL, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. A. Lillian C. Kennedy, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Eugene A. Chase, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Denis K. Lane, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The question on appeal is whether we should disturb the decision of the District Court, Judge Matthew F. McGuire sitting, that Lucille Simmons Terrell, the appellee, and not Nellie B. Terrell Wheeler, the appellant, was the lawful widow of Burnett Terrell. Terrell died in active military service November 8, 1944. His widow was entitled to the proceeds of at least one of two National Service Life Insurance policies. In the policies he had named...

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