Scott v. United States

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment for the United States, defendant below, in an action for death benefits brought by Catherine Scott, the beneficiary named in a policy of National Service Life Insurance, No. 16,464,602, issued by the defendant upon the life of Sim Scott, Jr., now deceased, when he was inducted into the Armed Services of the United States.

The insured, Sim Scott, Jr., was born February 28, 1926. He was inducted May 1, 1944, discharged July 13, 1945, because of service connected disability, and died May 29, 1948, of pulmonary tuberculosis. Premiums on…