Clohesy v. United States

SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the defendant, the United States Government, in an action brought by Evelyn A. Clohesy as the principal beneficiary under a National Service Life Insurance policy on the life of her deceased husband, John C. Clohesy.

The case was submitted to the District Court on an agreed statement of facts which, in its essential particulars, is as follows:

John C. Clohesy, the insured, while in the military service of the United States during World War II, was issued a National Service Life Insurance policy in the amount of $10,000.…