United States v. Barker

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the payment of a liability on a policy of war risk insurance. The facts are agreed on. The soldier, Lewis Walters, was in 1914 lawfully married in Alabama to Maggie Tubb. On July 21,1918, he married Arkansas Hogan in New York, Maggie being still in life and undivorced. Ten days later he enlisted in the army and took out wár risk insurance, stating in his application that Arkansas was his wife and designating her as beneficiary. He was discharged from the army in December, 1918, totally and permanently disabled, and was paid monthly installments on…