Picken v. United States

POWELL, Chief Judge.

This is an action on a National Service Life insurance policy. The United States has paid the proceeds to the third party defendant. In the event the plaintiff is successful, the United States in a cross claim seeks recovery of the amount it has paid from the third party defendant.

James F. Picken, the insured, on or about December 1, 1947, converted his then existing National Service Life insurance policies and was issued a new policy, No. V 11 043 043, in the amount of $10,000. That is the policy involved in this case. On May 24, 1949, the insured wrote a letter to the…