Shannon v. United States

RUSSELL, District Judge.

Findings of Fact.

Charles Arthur Shannon was inducted into the regular army of the United States on May 23, 1942, and thereafter applied for and was granted National Service Life Insurance in the amount of $5,000. In his application he named as his beneficiary his mother, Mrs. Lena Pim Shannon, with his sister, Anna Lucile Shannon, as contingent beneficiary. Thereafter a certificate showing the grant of such insurance was mailed to the beneficiary, Mrs. Lena Pim Shannon, by the Veterans’ Administration under countersigned date of September 30, 1942. Under the insurance…