Jadin v. United States

DUFFY, District Judge.

Plaintiff herein seeks recovery on a policy of national life insurance taken out by Daniel Albert Wabschall who served in the Marine Corps in World War II. In February, 1942, Wabschall signed an application for such insurance, designating the plaintiff as his beneficiary, and stating the relationship of plaintiff was that of “legal guardian.” The spaces in the application form were filled in by typewriter and a Lieutenant Freeman signed as a witness and adviser. As the designation of “general guardian” was ineffective under the Act, 38 U.S.C.A. 801 et seq., plaintiff…