Legal Opinion
Edwards v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1944No. 9584PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an action upon a government insurance policy in the principal amount of $10,000.00 upon the life of Charles P. Edwards, which matured by his death. Appellant, Charles P. Edwards, Jr., was named therein as sole beneficiary and if the policy was void he was entitled to recover premiums in the sum of $4,374.20 paid thereon.
April 23, 1937, the insured, a practicing physician of Asheville, North Carolina, signed applications on forms furnished by the Veterans’ Bureau to reinstate yearly renewable term insurance policies on his life in the aggregate amount of…
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