Legal Opinion
Mary Spearman v. Viva Spearman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1973No. 72-2965PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide which of two claimants qualifies as the “widow” under a policy of life insurance issued pursuant to the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 8701 et seq. The District Court found that, although both claimants had married the insured, the second wife did not qualify as the insured’s “lawful widow” because she did not establish that insured’s first marriage had been terminated by either divorce or annulment. We affirm.
At the time of his death, on October 1, 1969, Edward Spearman was insured by Metropolitan Life Insurance…
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