Cavanaugh v. United States

REEVES, Chief Judge.

This is an action on a policy of National Service Life Insurance. The policy was is*777sued on September 1, 1942, or rather, made effective on that date. By its terms the government insured one Richard M. Cavanaugh in the sum of $10,000.

In his application the insured soldier named the plaintiff, Opal Cavanaugh, his wife, as principal beneficiary. The contingent beneficiary named in the application was Margaret Gertrude Cavanaugh, the mother of the soldier. Both of the beneficiaries resided in Kansas City, Missouri, the one at 4018 Warwick Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri,…