United States v. McMaster

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Laura O. McMaster was named by Neil Putman as beneficiary in his policy of National Service Life Insurance issued June 20, 1943, her relationship being stated as “foster mother”. He became missing in action on November 13, 1943, and in due time was declared presumed dead. She filed a claim on the policy, and his father, Jesse B. Putman, did also. The Veterans Administration held that she was not eligible' as a beneficiary because on her own showing Neil Putman wa-s more than 21 years old when they became acquainted, and so she could not have stood in loco parentis.…