Legal Opinion
Moths v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 1950No. 9927_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Dorothy J. Moths, sued to recover on her husband’s National Service Life Insurance policy. Defendant, Ray John Moths, father of Russell J. Moths, the soldier to whom the policy was issued, answered, claiming to be the principal beneficiary under the policy. The United States admitted that it owed someone the amount of the policy, and asked the court to determine which of the two claimants was entitled to the proceeds. The question was whether the soldier ever effected a change of beneficiary from his father to his wife, now his widow. The case was tried…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
- Gann v. MeekCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Butler v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Farmakis v. FarmakisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Prose v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Central Ry. Signal Co. v. LongdenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Robert C. Sears and Lavonne Stern v. Karen AustinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Elizabeth Kley Criscuolo v. United States of America, and Audrey Schmuck Zoch LindeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Aleene T. King, and Pamela Nicholson Coleman and Judy C. CrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Fitzstephens v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1960
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