BLAIR v. UNITED STATES

No. 5845.

260 F.2d 237 (1958)

Geraldine A. BLAIR; and Geraldine A. Blair, Guardian of Floyd E. Blair and Leonard O. Blair, Minors, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and Elease Blair, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

October 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbert G. Smith, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellants.

Ted D. Foster, Jr., Tulsa, Okl. (Ted Foster, Oklahoma City, Okl., was with him on the brief), for appellee, Elease Blair.

Before BRATTON, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This is an action on a policy of life insurance issued to Mervoil W. Blair1 in the amount of $10,000, under the provisions of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, 38 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq.

The insured, while in the Armed Forces and engaged in combat in Korea, was captured, and thereafter, on or about February 22, 1951, died while a prisoner of war.

Thereafter, Geraldine A. Blair...

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