Mary M. Behrens v. United States of America, and Wilda L. Dinnell

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

The problem presented by this case is whether Henry Dinnell, a deceased serviceman, effectively changed the beneficiary of his National Service Life' Insurance from his former wife, Mary M. Behrens, the appellant herein, to his widow, Wilda L. Dinnell, the appellee herein 1

A suit was brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Northern Division, under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 784 after the Veterans Administration Board of Veterans Appeals had determined that Henry Dinnell had changed the beneficiary of his National Service…