REECE v. UNITED STATES

No. 431.

17 F.2d 856 (1927)

REECE v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, W. D. Missouri, S. W. D.

February 2, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Thurman, of Joplin, Mo., for plaintiff.

Roscoe C. Patterson, U. S. Atty., and Harry L. Thomas, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Kansas City, Mo.


REEVES, District Judge.

The government has moved to dismiss the above action, which is on a war risk insurance policy. The basis of the motion is that the petition does not contain jurisdictional averments.

Section 19 of the World War Veterans' Act, approved June 7, 1924, and as amended March 4, 1925, provides for suits against the government on contracts of insurance granted by it. The language is as follows:

"In the event of disagreement as to claim...

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