MILTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 9111.

105 F.2d 253 (1939)

MILTON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 6, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philo Coco, of Marksville, La., for appellant.

Malcolm E. Lafargue, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Shreveport, La., and Thomas E. Walsh, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit to recover for total and permanent disability, was on a war risk insurance policy, which lapsed on July 1, 1919, for nonpayment of the premium due June 1, 1919. Brought in December 1937, it was, upon defendant's exception, that appellant did not file his suit within the time prescribed by statute, dismissed, for want of jurisdiction. The gist of this exception was: that plaintiff had ninety days from the mailing on September 17,...

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