Cassarello v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Charles B. Witmer, Judge. Action at law by Savino Cassarello, executor, against the United States. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
On January 11, 1918, the United States, through its Bureau of War Risk Insurance, issued certificate of insurance No. 1,753,749 on the life of Lawrence Siegel for $10,000, “payable in case of death * * * in monthly installments.” No beneficiary was named in the certificate, but it provided that certain obligations, “together with the application for this insurance, * * * shall constitute the contract,” and the application thus embodied in the contract, made the applicant’s stepbrother, Patsy Gillette, his beneficiary. It further provided:
“In case any beneficiary die…
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