United States v. Lewis

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

This suit, instituted by the widow and named beneficiary of a one-time insured, seeking to recover upon a policy of United States Government Life Insurance, resulted in a judgment in her favor. The Government has appealed. It is the kind of case which evokes a Court’s sympathy, but in which the judgment can not be upheld. We can find no basis, in logic or in law, upon which to support it.

•Carl F. Lewis, the deceased husband of the appellee, was a member of the armed forces, of the United States during the First World War. As such, he was granted yearly renewable term…