Burk v. United States

LEMLEY, District Judge.

This cause, which is an action brought by the plaintiif, Mrs. Dovie Burk, to recover upon a policy of national service life insurance issued to her son, Hugh A. Burk, deceased, has been submitted to the Court upon an agreed statement of facts and written briefs.

Hugh A. Burk entered the armed services of the United States on June 3,1948, at which time he applied for and was issued a five-year level term life insurance policy in the face amount of $10,000, in which policy his mother was named as principal beneficiary; the policy became effective on June 8, 1948 and its…