Gann v. Meek

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to determine ownership of the proceeds of a policy of National Service Life Insurance issued to Corporal Arthur B. Ervin, United States Marine Corps, who was killed in combat on the island of Saipan during the late war.

The question presented for our determination is whether a change of beneficiary from the wife to the mother was effected. On the trial below a jury awarded the proceeds of the insurance policy to the mother.

It was stipulated by the parties that the certificate or policy of insurance was issued on March 22, 1943, and that the appellee,…