Legal Opinion
United States v. Napoleon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1924No. 4142PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, District Judge.
Rena and Rosa Napoleon brought a suit at law in the District Court of their residence against the United States on a certificate of insurance for $10,000 issued on September 30, 1918, by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to James Willie Williams, a soldier. The petition alleged that the insured died a resident of Florida October 12, 1918; that Rena was the aunt of the insured, had cared for him from childhood, and stood in loco parentis; that Rosa is Rena’s daughter, and that insured left a will probated in Florida May 31, 1921, which named petitioners as sole…
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