Rodgers v. United States

GANEY, District Judge.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover certain benefits alleged to be due him by virtue of insurance acquired by his deceased step-son under the National Service Life Insurance Act1 of 1940. The sole issue, which is one of fact, for our determination is whether the deceased was insured under the authority of the Act at the time of his death.2

From the evidence presented before it, the court makes the following special Findings of Fact:

1. On or about March 20, 1943, James L. Buckley, then eighteen years of age, was inducted into the United States Army under the…