United States v. Garrison

RITTER, District Judge.

This cause comes on for final decree. The court has heard the evidence and the argument of counsel.

On the 1st day of June, 1927, Laurence Hamilton Garrison was issued a “converted” insurance contract by the United States Veterans’ Bureau, pursuant to an act of Congress known as the World War Veterans’ Act, approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 607). The beneficiary named was “Genieve Garrison) his wife.” The insured died as a result of an airplane accident on. November 25, 1928. Lillian A. Garrison appears as a claimant under this policy, asserting that she was the lawful…