Martinson v. United States

DONOVAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this action as beneficiaries to recover on a National Service Life Policy, issued to their son, Clarence Walter Martinson, who disappeared while on active duty as a seaman, attached to the U. S. S. Alabama, on May 23, 1946.

There is no dispute that the insured qualified for the insurance in question, which was issued and effective on November 7, 1945, and continued in force through midnight of August 7, 1946.

It appears from the evidence that the insured had a good record in the Navy of the United States. Plaintiffs last heard from him when they…