Anna Marie Kimball v. United States v. Hazel Mathes Kimball

The issue in this case is whether an insured veteran under a United States Government Life Insurance Policy can effectively contract away his right to change the beneficiary of his policy.

Appellant was the first wife of Wayne E. Kimball, the deceased veteran in this case. They were divorced in 1933, and, in a separation agreement incorporated in the divorce decree, Kimball was required to surrender the policy here in question to appellant and maintain it in force thereafter; and he complied with this requirement. However, in 1935, he married appellee Hazel M. Kimball, and, in 1946, named her…