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U.S. v. CITIZENS LOAN CO.

No. 738.

316 U.S. 209 (1942)

62 S.Ct. 1026

86 L.Ed. 1387

UNITED STATES v. CITIZENS LOAN & TRUST CO., ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wilbur C. Pickett, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Julius C. Martin, Keith L. Seegmiller, and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Camden R. McAtee for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BYRNES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Joseph Kelly Kerr, while in the United States Army during the last war, took out a yearly renewable term insurance policy in the amount of $10,000, naming as beneficiary his father, Eugene Kerr. The insured died November 8, 1919. On March 6, 1920, the War Risk Bureau denied any liability under the contract. Eugene Kerr, the designated beneficiary, died June 24, 1924. This suit was filed November 6, 1925.

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