Legal Opinion
Fitzstephens v. United States
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided November 25, 1960No. Civ. 4396PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERR, District Judge.
The question for determination in this action is. “Who is entitled to receive the death benefits of a National Service Life Insurance policy, No. V-1307-50-06, in the amount of $10,000.00, which was issued to Donald Hanan Bennett, now deceased ?”.
The facts are not in dispute and insofar as here pertinent may be summarized chronologically as follows:
On July 31, 1951, the deceased, Donald Hanan Bennett, a resident of Cody, Wyoming, named Betty Jean Bennett, his wife, as principal beneficiary and Lawrence Howard Bennett and Donna Jean Bennett, his son and daughter, as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wissner v. WissnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Collins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
- Ruth Vick O'Brien v. Thelma Rosedith Todgham Vick Elder, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Cohn v. CohnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ridgway v. RidgwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Anna Mae (Houdek) Donall, and Mary Barbara Houdek and Camille Sam Abood, Administrator of the Estate of Henry J. Houdek, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Costello v. CostelloDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1974
- Marjorie Nardon Suydam, Individually and as Guardian of the Estates of Helen Gunhild Suydam, Minors v. United States of America and Jane E. SuydamCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Frances W. Taylor, Individually and as of the Will of Guy H. Winslow, Deceased v. United States of America and Myrtle L. JarveyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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