UNITED STATES v. WEST

No. 1183.

78 F.2d 785 (1935)

UNITED STATES v. WEST.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 5, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph C. Shaw, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen. (Summerfield S. Alexander, U. S. Atty., of Topeka, Kan., Will G. Beardslee, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation of Washington, D. C., and Wilbur C. Pickett, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., on the brief), for the United States.

Harry L. Thomas, of Kansas City, Mo. (George E. Gard, of Kansas City, Kan., on the brief), for appellee.

Before LEWIS, McDERMOTT, and BRATTON, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit upon a war risk insurance contract. The alleged disability is mental, that is a complete shattering of the nervous system. A jury was waived, and we are called upon to determine whether the finding that insured became totally and permanently disabled on June 9, 1919, is supported by substantial evidence.

Insured completed a high school education and entered the State Teachers College at Pittsburg, Kansas. After being...

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