Arabella Bunch Wiley v. United States of America, and Mrs. J. R. Scott

HILL, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from a judgment determining the beneficiaries of two National Service Life Insurance policies. Appellant brought this action against the United States claiming her rights as a beneficiary to recover the proceeds of both policies. The United States then caused Mrs. J. R. Scott to be brought in as a party defendant because she had previously received the proceeds of one policy, and in addition, because she claimed a right to the proceeds of the other policy as to which the United States was a mere stakeholder. A trial was had to the court and with judgment…