NICOLAY v. UNITED STATES

No. 395.

51 F.2d 170 (1931)

NICOLAY v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 30, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenaz Huffman, of Denver, Colo. (Frank E. Gove, Luke J. Kavanaugh, and Sherman A. Sutliff, all of Denver, Colo., on the brief), for appellant.

Edward S. Ragsdale, of Washington, D. C. (William Wolff Smith, Gen. Counsel, United States Veterans' Bureau, of Washington, D. C., Richard A. Toomey, Regional Atty., United States Veterans' Bureau, of Denver, Colo., Lawrence A. Lawlor, of Washington, D. C., Ralph L. Carr, U. S. Atty., of Denver, Colo., and John G. Reid, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Hugo, Colo., on the brief), for the United States.

Before COTTERAL, PHILLIPS, and McDERMOTT, Circuit Judges.


McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant (plaintiff below) sued on a war risk insurance policy which had lapsed for nonpayment of premiums on May 2, 1919. His claim is that he was totally and permanently disabled on or before that date. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the court directed a verdict for the United States. The correctness of that ruling is the only question in the case. If there is no substantial evidence of total and permanent disability on or...

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