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QUIRK v. UNITED STATES

No. 5626.

45 F.2d 631 (1930)

QUIRK v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

October 14, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Nicklas, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Louis E. Graham, U. S. Atty., and W. J. Aiken, both of Pittsburgh, Pa., for the United States.

McVICAR, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The United States is not in the insurance business for profit, but only for the purpose of protection to those who offered themselves voluntarily or involuntarily as sacrifices in its military and naval service. Such contracts should be construed liberally so as to afford the protection intended by the statutes. White v. U. S., 270 U.S. 175, 180, 46 S.Ct. 274, 70 L. Ed. 530...

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