Legal Opinion
Horton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1953No. 14406PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment for the United States, defendant, below, in an action for insurance proceeds brought by Anna Horton, the beneficiary named in a policy of National Service Life Insurance, certificate No. N-ll 629 671, issued by the defendant upon the life of John Horton while he was in the military service.
The insured John Horton, was inducted into the military service of the United States on October 5, 1942. He was discharged on October 13, 1945, because of service connected disability, and died on July 19, 1948, from hemorrhage caused by cancer of the…
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