Mildred Garner Gossage v. United States

STEWART, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the District Court’s judgment in favor of the United States in an action in which the appellant sought the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance Policy issued on the life of Robert M. Gamer. The appellant is Garner’s widow and was his designated beneficiary under the policy.

Garner was honorably discharged from the Navy on January 9, 1946. Premiums on the policy in suit had been paid by allotment from his service pay, but no premiums were paid after his discharge, and the policy therefore was in force on a premium-paid basis only through…