UNITED STATES v. MEAKINS

No. 8462.

96 F.2d 751 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. MEAKINS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 10, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Tansil, U. S. Atty., and Francis J. McGan, Atty., Dept. of Justice, both of Butte, Mont., and Julius C. Martin, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, of Washington, D. C., and Wilbur C. Pickett and Fendall Marbury, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Newman Townsend, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Molumby, Busha & Greenan, of Great Falls, Mont., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, MATHEWS, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.


HANEY, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from an adverse judgment rendered upon the verdict of a jury in an action brought by appellee under section 19 of the World War Veterans' Act 1924, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 445. The claim for disability and death benefits set forth in the complaint is based upon a contract of renewable term insurance issued under section 400 of the Act of September 2, 1914, 38 Stat. 711, 40 Stat. 409, and its amendatory acts.<...

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