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BAKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 24000.

386 F.2d 356 (1967)

Mary L. BAKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Caroline S. Gardenhire, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin A. Friedman, Nelson Haslam, Friedman, Haslam & Weiner, Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

W. Reeves Lewis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Richard T. Cowan, Cowan, Zeigler, Downing & McAleer, Savannah, Ga., for appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, SIMPSON, Circuit Judge, and SUTTLE, District Judge.

SUTTLE, District Judge:

Appellant, the divorced wife of an insured, deceased serviceman, brought this action to recover the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance policy, as the last named beneficiary in the policy, against the United States1 and Caroline S. Gardenhire, the insured's mother, a claimant to such proceeds. The Veterans Administration Board of Veterans Appeals had determined that the beneficiary had been changed and...

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