Newborn v. De Witt

delivered tibie opinion of the Court.

This is a War Risk Insurance case. On July 18, 1918, Benjamin IT. Rice applied for life insurance in the sum of $10,000, pursuant to the Act of Congress of October 6, 1917, and a certificate was issued to him on that day. His wife and mother were designated as beneficiaries to the amount of $5,000 each. Insured was killed in France, October 15, 1918. He was survived by his wife, infant son, mother, and brothers and sisters. His son died in about one year. Monthly installments were paid to the mother until her death in 1927. Thereafter the commuted value of…