District Court, D. Maryland August 31, 1971, Civ. A. No. 19800 (Manning v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America)

NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

This is an action in which various persons, all of whom profess to enjoy a degree of relationship to the deceased, a serviceman killed in action on March 5, 1968, claim the proceeds (since paid into court) of a $10,000 term policy written by The Prudential as contract insurer under the Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance Act, 38 U.S.C. § 765 et seq.