Legal Opinion

Shapiro v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 4, 1948No. 85, Docket 20760PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant Clara Shapiro, mother of one Jerry Shapiro, from a judgment determining that the latter’s wife, the plaintiff Annette Shapiro, was entitled to the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance Policy in the sum of $10,000 issued to her deceased husband on March 1, 1942. At the time the policy issued Jerry Shapiro was unmarried and had designated his mother Clara Shapiro as the beneficiary. He married the plaintiff on October 3, 1942, and thereafter, on or about December 19, 1942, undertook to change the beneficiary of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  2. Roberts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946
  3. Collins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
  4. Claffy v. ForbesDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1922
  5. Kaschefsky v. KaschefskyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. United States v. Salvatore AnnunziatoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
  2. United States v. Frank D'AmAtoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  3. Taylor v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1953
  4. Cohn v. CohnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
  5. United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Eve B. Pahmer, Eva PahmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956

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