Hartman v. United States

DUNCAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, the widow of a deceased soldier, Addison Byron Hartman, instituted this suit against the United States and Belva Downing Hartman, mother of the deceased soldier, to establish her right to the benefits of a $10,000 National Service Life Insurance Policy, Certificate No. N-6 052815, issued on January 22, 1942.

At the time the policy was issued, Addison Byron Hartman was single, and he designated his mother, Belva Downing Hartman, as his beneficiary. At the time of his death the records of the Veterans Administration failed to show a change of beneficiary. Upon…