CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NAT. B. & T. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 8819.

153 F.2d 490 (1945)

CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. OF CHICAGO v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 21, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Cross, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Wilbur C. Pickett, of Washington, D. C., J. Albert Woll and William M. Lytle, U. S. Attys., both of Chicago, Ill., John F. Sonnett, of New York City, and Fendall Marbury, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In this action on a war risk insurance policy, judgment was for the defendant. It was based on the jury's finding that the veteran was permanently and totally disabled before he entered the war service, June 1, 1918.

Insured is an unfortunate physical wreck who has long suffered from dementia praecox and from what was later described as manic depressive psychosis. The nature and extent of his disability have either varied greatly or he...

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