Doris Ellen Wells v. Filberto Ruiz, Jr., Administrator, in the Matter of Thomas Ralph Wells, Deceased, and United States of America

ARTHUR J. STANLEY, Jr., District Judge.

In this action for the proceeds for a National Service Life Insurance policy, the trial court entered judgment against the claimant-widow and in favor of the other claimant, the administrator of the estate of the deceased serviceman. The widow appeals. 1

The policy was issued in 1951 to Sergeant Thomas Ralph Wells, USAF, his mother being designated as sole beneficiary. Within a few months the mother died. In 1954, Sergeant Wells married Myrtle Martin and two children were born. Wells and Myrtle were divorced in 1957, and in 1961 he married appellant.…