Rodgers v. United States

KALODNER, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover from the United States certain benefits alleged to be due her under a National Service Life Insurance policy issued to her son, who, at the time of his death, had been discharged from service for several months.

It was alleged in the complaint and denied in the answer, that the premiums were paid through the date of the insured’s death. This was the sole issue made by the pleadings. There is no question that the plaintiff’s decedent died on September 26, 1943; and there is no doubt that the plaintiff has complied with the…