Small v. United States

VINSON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment by the district court that the defendant (appellee here) Anna Edith Cohen, is entitled as beneficiary to the proceeds of a United States life insurance policy issued to the plaintiff’s (appellant here) husband.

It appears that the insured (now deceased) enlisted in the military service of the United States on May 21, 1918, and while in such service was granted war risk insurance (yearly renewable term) in the amount of $10,000. He designated his wife, the plaintiff in this action, as the beneficiary under the policy. On September 1,…