Dyke v. Dyke

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The issue for determination here is who is entitled to receive the death benefits of a National Service Life Insurance policy issued to a soldier who died after his discharge from Army service. The contest is between the appellant mother, originally designated as principal beneficiary, and the appellees, decedent’s wife and infant daughter who were respectively the substituted principal and contingent beneficiaries of the policy. The United States is a party merely as a stakeholder.

The insured decedent was adjudged non compos mentis by the County Court of Knox County,…