MADDOX v. UNITED STATES

No. 7293.

16 F.2d 390 (1926)

MADDOX v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 22, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Anderson, of Kansas City, Mo. (Denton Dunn, of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

William Wolff Smith, General Counsel, U. S. Veterans' Bureau, of Washington, D. C. (Roscoe C. Patterson, U. S. Atty., of Kansas City, Mo., and Harry L. Thomas, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Carrollton, Mo., on the brief), for the United States.

Before KENYON and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges, and SANBORN, District Judge.


VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover installments of war risk insurance. Plaintiff in error enlisted in the military service of the United States on January 10, 1918. He was discharged therefrom July 5, 1918. The certificate of discharge contains the following statement: "Discharged from the military service of the United States by reason of mental deficiency, moron."

While in the military service, plaintiff in error was granted war...

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