In re the Estate of Storum

Bird, S.

Rollin S. Storum entered the service of the United States in the World War as a soldier, and on August 14, 1918, applied for insurance in the amount of $10,000 under the War Risk Insurance Act. In his application for insurance he designated his wife, Bessie Storum, as beneficiary. The soldier died in the military service of the United States leaving him surviving his wife, the beneficiary named in his application. The application and the certificate of insurance issued thereon together constitute the contract of insurance. By the terms of the act creating the Bureau of War Risk…