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WILLIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 13248.

291 F.2d 5 (1961)

Elizabeth WILLIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Section, Arnold Petralia, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James P. O'Brien, U. S. Atty., William H. Orrick, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

F. Raymond Marks, Jr., Frederic D. Houghteling, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee. Overton, Marks, Simons & Houghteling, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and DUFFY and KNOCH, Circuit Judges.

KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

The United States has appealed from judgment rendered for plaintiff in an action to recover the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance policy.

The facts are largely undisputed. At the time of his death in an automobile accident, on April 1, 1951, Thomas L. Wilson, a member of the United States Air Force, was insured under a five-year term, level premium N.S.L.I. policy in the amount of $5,000, with an expiration date of April 19...

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