Woodward v. United States

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This action, which was brought by Ernest R. Woodward, the appellant, to recover the proceeds of a policy of National Service Life Insurance issued by the United States to Evelyn C. Haizlip, a service woman, has been tried twice. The first trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for Le-Roy Haizlip, the husband of the insured, who was brought into the case as an adverse claimant. The plaintiff (appellant) appealed from the judgment, and this Court reversed and remanded the case for a new trial, upon the sole ground that the trial court had admitted incompetent and…