WELLS v. RUIZ

No. 8671.

372 F.2d 119 (1967)

Doris Ellen WELLS, Appellant, v. Filberto RUIZ, Jr., Administrator, in the Matter of Thomas Ralph Wells, deceased, and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

January 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Mullins, Albuquerque, N. M. (Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, N. M., on brief), for appellant.

John P. Duffy, Albuquerque, N. M., for appellee Filberto Ruiz, Jr.

Before PICKETT and HICKEY, Circuit Judges, and STANLEY, District Judge.


ARTHUR J. STANLEY, Jr., District Judge.

In this action for the proceeds for a National Service Life Insurance policy, the trial court entered judgment against the claimant-widow and in favor of the other claimant, the administrator of the estate of the deceased serviceman. The widow appeals.1

The policy was issued in 1951 to Sergeant Thomas Ralph Wells, USAF, his mother being designated...

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