Kummer v. United States

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Frank A. Rohde, a World War veteran, procured war risk insurance in the sum of $10,000 and designated Frank A. Rohde, Sr., his father, as beneficiary. He filed a suit upon the policy in a District Court of Arkansas and recovered a judgment against the Government for the face of the policy, payable in monthly instalments. He died on September 7, 1934, at Hot Springs, Ark., and payments were stopped, leaving upwards of $2987 unpaid.

This action was brought in equity in the District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, by appellant, Cecilia Kummer,…