UNITED STATES v. PHILLIPS

No. 8748.

44 F.2d 689 (1930)

UNITED STATES v. PHILLIPS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 29, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Lawlor, Atty., U. S. Veterans' Bureau, of Washington, D. C. (William L. Vandeventer, U. S. Atty., and Harry L. Thomas, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Kansas City, Mo., and William Wolff Smith, Gen. Counsel, U. S. Veterans' Bureau, and James T. Brady, Atty., U. S. Veterans' Bureau, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

Ruby D. Garrett, Fred Ruark, and George F. Anderson, all of Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before KENYON, BOOTH, and GARDNER, Circuit Judges.


KENYON, Circuit Judge.

William H. Phillips, hereinafter called insured, was a veteran of the World War. He was granted while in the service a war risk insurance policy in the sum of $10,000, payable in monthly installments, in case of permanent disability. In the event of death payments were to be made to his father (appellee). He died March 6, 1923, of pulmonary tuberculosis. The government, denying the claim of permanent total disability, refused to pay the policy...

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