Pack v. United States

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Angel L. Pack is the widow of Clyde A. Pack, deceased. She instituted this suit in an attempt to establish a right to a part of the proceeds of a policy of National Service Life Insurance on the life of Clyde A. Pack, deceased. Jurisdiction is based on § 617 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 817, which incorporates §§ 19 and 500 of the World War Veterans’ Act of 1924, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 445, 551.

*771Appellant and Clyde, the deceased, were married in California. From the date of the marriage to the death of the…