Legal Opinion

Moreno v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 6, 1941No. 3665PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

Therese M. Moreno brought suit against the United States in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts seeking to recover the proceeds of a policy of war risk insurance. Jurisdiction was rested on § 19 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 445.

The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was a resident of Massachusetts; that the policy of insurance, taken out in 1921 by her husband, Major Moreno, originally designated her as beneficiary; that late in 1935, a few months before his death, the insured designated as…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Stewart v. RamsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Collins v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Dyer v. Eastern Trust and Banking CompanyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1971
  2. Agrashell, Inc. v. Bernard Sirotta Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  3. Blank v. BitkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
  4. Otto T. Schwab v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  5. Bertozzi v. King Louie International, Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1976

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