UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

No. 199.

302 U.S. 628 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. JACKSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fendall Marbury, with whom Solicitor General Reed, and Messrs. Julius C. Martin, Wilbur C. Pickett and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. R.K. Wise and Warren E. Miller for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether the Economy Act1 repealed § 401 of the War Risk Insurance Act2 and thereby deprived veterans and their beneficiaries of "automatic insurance."

In this suit, brought by the son of a soldier who died in service, both the district court3 and the Court...

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