Jones v. United States

MOORE, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit against the United States to recover on four twenty-year payment war risk insurance policies issued on the life of her husband, Grady Furth Jones, a soldier in the World War. Plaintiff, beneficiary in the policies, sued in her capacity as executrix and as beneficiary, for the reason that part of the benefits under the policies accrued during the life of the insured.

The answer of the defendant charged fraud in obtaining the reinstatement of the policies in that the application contained false statements and material misrepresentations upon which the…