Carpenter v. United States

GIBSON, District Judge.

The complainant, Edna L. Carpenter, (nee Lobach) has instituted the present action to recover the amount which she alleges to be due her under a National Service Life Insurance Certificate issued to John H. Lobach. The beneficiary under the policy was Emily V. Lobach, the adoptive mother of the insured.

John H. Lobach, a captain in the Field Artillery, died on March 28, 1945, in a prisoner of war camp in Germany from wounds received in action. When but a few days old he had been adopted by Harvey John and Emily V. Lobach by decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Montour…