Angle v. Baker

GEORGE C. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Suit was commenced for determination by the Court of the party entitled to receive payment of benefits provided in insurance certificate No. N-16470757, issued by the United States of America to John J. Angle under the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq. In his application for insurance, the insured named his wife, who is now Jacqueline Ruth Angle Baker, as beneficiary of $5,000 and his father, Charles James Angle, as beneficiary of the other $5,000. No contingent beneficiary was named in the application.

The…