United States v. Sallie Joe Torbert Marlow

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the disposition of proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance Policy issued on the life of Woodrow Wilson Marlow, who was killed January 25, 1944 while serving in the army on active duty. His wife, Sallie Joe Torbert Marlow, was the named beneficiary, and the sole issue is whether she wTas his lawful wife so that she could, under the law, legally be named as beneficiary under the National Service Life Insurance Act, 38 U.S.C.A. § 802(g).

The Veterans Administration denied the claim filed by the named beneficiary, Sallie Marlow, contending that her…