Pagel v. Pagel

' This case presents the question whether war risk insurance money paid to the estate of an insured soldier is exempt from the claims of his creditors. Title 38, U.S. Code, contains the applicable statutes. They are: § 454: “ The . . . insurance . . . shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of any person to whom an award is made ”; § 511: “ In order to give to every commissioned officer and enlisted man . . . protection for themselves and their dependents, the United States . . . shall grant . . . life insurance . . . payable only to a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother,…