Barrons

The United States of America has commenced this action against Albert Benjamin Barrons and June Alger Barrons in order to 'ascertain which of the named defendants is entitled to the proceeds of a National Service Life Insurance policy, taken out by William J. Barrons, deceased.

The parties to the litigation have stipulated to the facts as follows:

(1) June Alger and William J. Barrons, while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States were stationed at Hammer Field, California, during the winter of 1943 and spring of 1944.

(2) William J. Barrons left under military orders for Africa on April 15, 1944.

(3) By letter, Barrons learned that June Alger was pregnant and, through an exchange of cables and letters, arranged a proxy marriage. Because- of the war and difficulty attached to undertaking such a marriage at Sardinia, where Barrons was stationed, matrimonial proceedings were carried out by June Alger in Reno, Nevada.

(4) On July 15, 1944, Barrons wrote as follows: “I do hereby authorize June Alger to carry out a proxy marriage between her and myself and involving the use of a stand-in as required by the Nevada state law”.

(5) The American Red Cross made the necessary…