PHILLIPS v. UNITED STATES

No. 30802.

440 F.2d 993 (1971)

Lottie B. PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, Wiley Phillips, Third Party Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vardaman S. Dunn, Jackson, Miss., O. B. Triplett, Jr., O. B. Triplett, III, Forest, Miss., William H. Cox, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

S. Smith Bonner, Jackson, Miss., for Phillips.

Earl Keyes, Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Attys., Daniel E. Lynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., for the United States.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM, and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This veteran's insurance claim having been presented to the trial court by stipulation of the parties on the record presented to the Board of Veterans Appeals, and the trial court having concluded that the entire face amount of the policy of the deceased veteran should be paid to his wife as against the claim of the veteran's father for one-half of the proceeds as contingent beneficiary, it appears that the ambiguity...

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