Legal Opinion
Willie Lee Bew v. United States of America, Joyce R. Bew and Stanley Lee Bateman, an Infant
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1961No. 8233_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
This is a contest between the widow and a surviving brother of a soldier over the proceeds of one of the soldier’s two policies of National Service Life Insurance. The adjudicator, construing the Change of Beneficiary forms 9-336 to disclose an intention that the widow receive $5,000 and the brother the other $5,000 of the total proceeds of the two policies, recommended that the claim of the brother for $5,000 be allowed. The Board of Veterans Appeals, however, finding in a subsequently executed Record of Emergency Data form DD 93 an expression of the soldier’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Roberts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946
- McKewen v. McKewenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Shapiro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Eve B. Pahmer, Eva PahmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
3Cited by15 opinions
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- Josephine D. Lovato v. United States of America and Friedericka De Los SantosCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Marshall C. Collins and Naomi A. Collins v. Alberta CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Eula M. Ward v. United States of America and Doris L. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Mary L. Baker v. United States of America and Caroline S. GardenhireCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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