Legal Opinion
Imajean Hawkins v. Bertha Lue Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1959No. 17775PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of a former wife of a serviceman to whom the trial court awarded the proceeds of a National Service life insurance policy as against the second wife to whom he was married at the time of his death. The United States appeared in the litigation merely in the guise of a stakeholder.
The deceased veteran Hawkins was married to Bertha Lue when he took out the insurance policy on August 1, 1950. He named Bertha Lue and his son, Gary, equal beneficiaries, subsequently, on August 28, 1950, in accordance with the requirements of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Roberts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946
- Claffy v. ForbesDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1922
- Ruth Vick O'Brien v. Thelma Rosedith Todgham Vick Elder, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Coomer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Anna Mae (Houdek) Donall, and Mary Barbara Houdek and Camille Sam Abood, Administrator of the Estate of Henry J. Houdek, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Aleene T. King, and Pamela Nicholson Coleman and Judy C. CrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Mrs. Eva Prince Smith v. United States v. Mrs. Mattie Lou Trulock, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Stone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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