Legal Opinion

White v. United States

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided May 2, 1924PublishedCited by 16 opinions

In Equity. Suit by Emma White against the United States for war risk insurance, in which Eucy Reeves intervened.

1Opinion of the Court

GRONER, District Judge.

This case presents for decision the question as to whether the complainant is entitled to the whole of the proceeds of the policy of insurance issued by the government upon the life of George White, a soldier in the military service of the United States in the late European War, or whether her sister, Eucy Reeves, the intervening defendant, is entitled to a half share thereof.

White was insured by the government under the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 398; Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 514a et seq.) in the sum of $10,000, in which…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cassarello v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1919
  2. Helmholz v. HorstCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924
  3. Cassarello v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Singer v. TikalskyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of StorumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
  4. Battaglia v. BattagliaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  5. In re the Estate RyanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927

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