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DERRELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 5569.

82 F.Supp. 18 (1949)

DERRELL v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

January 12, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Koenig and Edward W. Fredrickson, both of St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.

Drake Watson, U. S. Atty., of New London, Mo., and William V. O'Donnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., of St. Louis, Mo., for defendant.

Donald Gunn, of St. Louis, Mo., for third-party defendant Mrs. Bytha Hooker Rhodes.

Olan R. Van Zandt, of Sherman, Tex., and Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young, and Harold I. Elbert, all of St. Louis, Mo., for third-party defendant Mrs. Bessie Boucher.

Roberts P. Elam, of St. Louis, Mo., guardian ad litem for third-party defendants James Dalton Hooker, Jr., Donald Leslie Hooker, and Derrell D. Wayne Hooker, minors.

HULEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff and defendants (excepting United States of America) claim proceeds of insurance policies issued by the Government under the National Service Life Insurance Act, 38 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq., on the life of Jack Derrell (James Dalton Hooker alias Jack Derrell), who died in the military service on March 18, 1945. This proceeding was instituted against the United States by Dacle Derrell, claiming to be the widow of insured and beneficiary...

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