United States v. Johnson

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

Appellees are the parents of Clarence R. Johnson, deceased, and the joint beneficiaries in a war risk insurance policy in the sum of $10,000, granted to the insured while in service. Deceased enlisted in the Navy of the United States November 16,1917, and was honorably discharged therefrom September 31, 1919. He died April 8, 1920, aged a little more than twenty-six years.

September 4, 1930; appellees presented to the United States Veterans’ Bureau and Veterans’ Administration of the United States a claim for payment of the insurance covered by the policy. This…