Smith v. United States

HARTIGAN, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by John D. Smith to recover the amount due on two policies of insurance issued to his son, Lloyd Smith, under the provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, 38 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq.

A disagreement having arisen between the plaintiff and Annie E. Silver, the beneficiary named in said policies and the maternal grandmother of the insured, over the proceeds due under said policies, the government moved that said Annie E. Silver be made a party defendant and an order was entered to that effect.

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