Legal Opinion
Weiss v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 7, 1951No. 21936_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Adele Weiss, is the sister of a veteran Eugene Morse who*, while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, took out two certificates of level premium term National Service Life Insurance, each for $5,000, naming her as beneficiary. He was honorably discharged on December 7, 1945, and died on August 27, 1948, having failed to pay the premiums after March 31, 1947 — a period of some seventeen months. She brought suit for the proceeds, the government moved for a dismissal on the ground that, as the complaint disclosed, the insurance had lapsed, and the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wilber Nat. Bank of Oneonta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. ZazoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- James v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- United States v. NortonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- United States v. HuieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- United States v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Adele Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Parker v. Veterans Administration of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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