Claffy v. Forbes
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Equity. Suit by Irene Claffy, as guardian of the estate of Agnes Claffy, a minor, against Charles R. Forbes, Director of War Risk Insurance. Disposition rendered for plaintiff. The plaintiff is guardian of Agnes Olafl’y. a minor niece of Clarence Swank, Who was killed in battle in the line of duty September 26, 1918, and who at the time of his death carried war risk insurance in the sum of $10,000, in which policy Malinda Swank, mother, was named as beneficiary.
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In Equity. Suit by Irene Claffy, as guardian of the estate of Agnes Claffy, a minor, against Charles R. Forbes, Director of War Risk Insurance. Disposition rendered for plaintiff. The plaintiff is guardian of Agnes Olafl’y. a minor niece of Clarence Swank, Who was killed in battle in the line of duty September 26, 1918, and who at the time of his death carried war risk insurance in the sum of $10,000, in which policy Malinda Swank, mother, was named as beneficiary. On the 35th day of July, 1918, the deceased soldier, in a letter addressed to his mother and father, among other things, said: “…
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1,2] The insurance policy is a contract between the insured and the Bureau of War Risk, Insurance within the limitations of the War Risk Insurance Act (Comp. St. § 514a et seq.) and the regulations promulgated by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, such regulations having the force of law (U. S. v. Birdsall, 233 U. S. 231, 34 Sup. Ct. 512, 58 L. Ed. 930; U. S. v. Grimaud, 220 U. S. 506, 31 Sup. Ct. 480, 55 L. Ed. 563), and the court judicially knows of the regulations by a department of the United States government (Caha v. U. S., 152 U. S. 211, 14 Sup. Ct.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. GrimaudSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Caha v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- United States v. BirdsallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
3Cited by44 opinions
- Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Collins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
- McKewen v. McKewenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Johnson v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
- Voelkel v. TohulkaIndiana Supreme Court · 1957
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