Rittgers v. United States

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action brought by appellant as the widow of a deceased soldier to re*769cover benefits under Section 602(d) (2) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, and Acts amendatory thereto, 38 U.S.C.A. § 802(d) (2), which in effect provide that any person in the active service of the armed forces of the United States on or after October 8, 1940, who dies in line of duty before the expiration of 120 days after December 20, 1941, without having in force at the time of his death at least $5,000 of insurance with the Government for which he had applied and paid…