SPICER v. SMITH

No. 388.

288 U.S. 430 (1933)

SPICER v. SMITH, SPECIAL DEPUTY BANKING COMMISSIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 13, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William Marshall Bullitt and Leo T. Wolford, with whom Mr. O.H. Pollard was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Jesse I. Miller for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was a United States soldier in the World War and while in the service suffered permanent mental incompetency. He became entitled to receive from the United States war risk insurance and disability compensation.1 September 19, 1919, the county court of Breathitt county, Kentucky, appointed for him the guardian above named who qualified...

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