Phillips v. United States

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.

The above entitled action came on for trial before the Court for a determination of the beneficiary of a policy of National Service Life Insurance.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. James Oliver Phillips, hereinafter referred to as the insured, while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, and effective as of the 16th day of March, 1948, was granted a policy of National Service Life Insurance in the amount of $10,000.00 for which he originally designated the plaintiff, Hettie H. Phillips, his mother, as principal beneficiary; the insured died on May 17, 1962…