Crawford v. United States

WESTENHAVER, District Judge.

This action is brought by-plaintiff as beneficiary of Collins George Nadolleck on a certificate of insurance issued to him pursuant to the provisions of the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 514a et seq.). The case turns on the question of whether or not this policy was in force at the time of the insured’s death, and involves the meaning of the word “pay” as used in that act, the regulations issued by the Director of the War Risk Insurance Bureau pursuant thereto, and in the certificate of insurance. It is the…