COHAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 5298.

77 F.2d 140 (1935)

COHAN v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 30, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph O. McKiernan, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Will G. Beardslee, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, of Washington, D. C., Randolph C. Shaw, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., and Dwight H. Green, U. S. Atty., and Edmond Sullivan, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Chicago, Ill.

Before EVANS and FITZHENRY, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


FITZHENRY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict of a jury in favor of defendant in a suit to recover total and permanent disability benefits alleged to have matured under a contract of war risk term insurance.

It was stipulated that appellant enlisted in the United States Navy on May 31, 1918, and was discharged therefrom October 15, 1919. While in the service, he applied for, and was granted, war risk term insurance in the...

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