UNITED STATES v. COX

No. 7876.

128 F.2d 324 (1942)

UNITED STATES v. COX.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 1, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Julius C. Martin, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, Department of Justice, with whom Messrs. Wilbur C. Pickett, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Keith L. Seegmiller, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. Edward C. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Messrs. Warren E. Miller and C. L. Dawson, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, VINSON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


VINSON, Associate Justice.

Mr. Cox, after his claim was denied by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, brought this action in the District Court to recover total and permanent disability benefits under a contract of yearly renewable term insurance. Mr. Cox received a jury verdict, and the Government appeals.

By far the most important, and the only substantive, issue in this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury verdict for...

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