United States v. Burns

COLEMAN, Chief Judge.

The Government has brought this suit as one in the nature of interpleader under Section 19 of the World War Veterans’ Act of 1924, as amended, and Section 617 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 445 and 817, against two defendants who claim an interest in a certain policy of National Serv-r ice Life Insurance issued by the Government to one Emmet T. Burns, a member of our armed forces.

The material facts respecting which there is no dispute are as follows: The insured, Emmet T. Burns, enlisted in the United States Navy on…