GALLOWAY v. UNITED STATES

No. 553.

319 U.S. 372 (1943)

GALLOWAY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren E. Miller for petitioner.

Mr. Lester P. Schoene, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Wilbur C. Pickett, W. Marvin Smith, and Keith L. Seegmiller were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner seeks benefits for total and permanent disability by reason of insanity he claims existed May 31, 1919. On that day his policy of yearly renewable term insurance lapsed for nonpayment of premium.1

The suit was filed June 15, 1938. At the close of all the evidence, the District Court granted the Government's motion for...

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