Neuhard v. United States

WATSON, Chief Judge.

This is an action for $10,000 on two policies of life insurance issued to George L. Fahnestock, now deceased, under the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq., hereinafter referred to as the “Act of 1940.”

The plaintiff, Ida Neuhard, was an aunt of the insured, and was designated as beneficiary in the policies. The plaintiff claims the proceeds of the policies, alleging that she stood “in loco parentis” to the insured for more than a year prior to his entry into the service and, therefore, is within the class of permitted…