Maxwell v. United States

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This action was instituted by appellant as administrator of his mother Emma Catherine Maxwell, on July 20, 1942. She was also the mother of Ray J. Maxwell, a United States veteran of the First World War. The veteran enlisted on April 17, 1917, and served continuously until November 4, 1919, when he was honorably discharged. During that period appellee issued two certificates of yearly renewable term insurance to him, in which his mother was named as beneficiary. He paid no premiums after his discharge; his policies lapsed on December 1, 1919, and ceased to be in force…