WERTH v. UNITED STATES

No. 3751.

75 F.2d 192 (1935)

WERTH v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 16, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Blakemore, of Abingdon, Va., and William H. Werth, of Tazewell, Va., for appellants.

F. S. Tavenner, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., of Woodstock, Va., and C. L. Dawson, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Joseph H. Chitwood, U. S. Atty., of Roanoke, Va., Will G. Beardslee, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, of Washington, D. C., and Wilbur C. Pickett, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for the United States.

Before NORTHCOTT and SOPER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a suit brought in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, to recover on a war risk insurance policy issued to Hobart M. Werth. The case was tried in April, 1934, and resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant, upon which verdict the final judgment was entered. From this judgment this appeal was brought.

The original insurance contract covered the period from October 16, 1917, to August 1, 1919...

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