TYER v. HINES

No. 7612.

117 F.2d 782 (1941)

TYER v. HINES, Adm'r of Veterans' Affairs.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 27, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Miller, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Edward M. Curran, U. S. Atty., Albert Goldstein and Bernard J. Long, Asst. U. S. Attys., and John M. George of the Veterans' Administration, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, VINSON and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


VINSON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from the action of the District Court dismissing plaintiff's prayer for a writ of mandamus that would compel Frank T. Hines, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to make payments under an alleged policy of War Risk yearly renewable term insurance. Section 19 of the World War Veterans' Act 1924, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 445, provides the exclusive judicial remedy for such a claim. The fact that suit under this section...

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