Stafford v. United States

DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

While in the armed service of the United States, Paul Ezequal Stafford applied for, and was issued, a $4,000 policy of National Service Life Insurance. He died on January 27, 1953, the policy then being in full force and effect.

Originally, he designated his son and daughter, Paul Edward Stafford and Mrs, Barbara Mae Stafford Murphy, as the *436beneficiaries of the policy, share and share alike. On January 25, 1953, however, two days before his death, he executed a Veterans Administration Form 9-336, substituting his mother, Mrs. Dora Mattie Stafford, as his sole…