Walker v. United States

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This suit, brought by a beneficiary to recover on a policy of life insurance (No. N-19469826) issued by the United States under the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 802 (a), resulted in a judgment below for the United States, from which the beneficiary appeals.

The insured, Joe Martin Walker, was in the Army from October 23, 1945, to August 5, 1948, when he was discharged and returned to his parents’ farm. During his military service, premiums were deducted from insured’s pay, but no payments were made after his discharge. In the…