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MEADOWS v. UNITED STATES

No. 269.

281 U.S. 271 (1930)

MEADOWS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Kerr presented the oral argument, and Messrs. Jean S. Breitenstein, S.R. Owens, and Lowell D. Hunt were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Claude R. Branch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Attorney General Mitchell and Messrs. J. Frank Staley and W. Clifton Stone were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner brought this action against the respondent in a federal district court to require the reinstatement of a lapsed insurance policy issued under the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917, c. 105, § 400, 40 Stat. 398, 409; amended August 9, 1921, c. 57, § 27, 42 Stat. 147, 156, 157. It was alleged that, being enlisted in the United States army during the World War, he applied for and obtained...

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