Hayes v. United States

BOREMAN, District Judge.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, Bessie Edith Hayes, the mother of Ray William Hayes, Jr., deceased, against the United States of America to recover the sum of $2,000, the proceeds of United States Government insurance policy No. K-1,047,984 issued to her son on January 1, 1938, and in which policy the plaintiff was named as the sole beneficiary. The complaint charged that no change of beneficiary was ever made by the insured during his lifetime and that the policy was in full force and effect at the time of his death on February 28, 1948.

The complaint…