UNITED STATES v. KOSKEY

No. 7334.

71 F.2d 501 (1934)

UNITED STATES v. KOSKEY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 11, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peirson M. Hall, U. S. Atty., Hugh L. Dickson, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Madison L. Hill, Atty., Department of Justice, all of Los Angeles, Cal., Will G. Beardslee, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, of Washington, D. C., and Wilbur C. Pickett and Tom De Wolfe, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for the United States.

R. A. McKay and Allan Brant, both of San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges, and NORCROSS, District Judge.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

James A. Koskey enlisted in the United States Army April 26, 1918, and served until June 13, 1919. He obtained a policy of war risk insurance for $10,000 which lapsed on August 2, 1919. He became ill in May, 1920, with encephalitis lethargica and was in a state of coma for six weeks. On December 23, 1931 James A. Koskey, through George A. Koskey, his guardian, brought suit against the United States on this policy of war risk insurance, alleging...

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