UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 11027.

100 F.2d 65 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. JONES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 25, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur C. Pickett, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Maurice M. Milligan, U. S. Atty., and Charles L. Chalender, Atty., Bureau of War Risk Litigation, both of Kansas City, Mo., Julius C. Martin, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, of Washington, D. C., and Fendall Marbury, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

James W. Broaddus, of Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before STONE, WOODROUGH, and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges.


VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover war risk insurance brought by the mother of the deceased soldier, Max Byron Jones, who entered the United States army August 5, 1917, remained in the service until his honorable discharge, May 7, 1919, and died July 7, 1919. This suit was filed April 23, 1929. A jury was waived, and the court found the issues for appellee (plaintiff below) and entered judgment for $12,305, being accrued installment benefits...

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