Howard v. United States

COCHRAN, District Judge.

This cause is before me for judgment. It is an action on a contract of insurance entered into under the War Risk Insurance Act (Comp. St. §§ 514a et seq.) for $10,000. It is based on section 13 of that act, as added by Act Oct. 6, 1917, § 2 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 514kk), which authorizes the beneficiary in such a contract to bring an action against the United States thereon, “in the event of disagreement” between the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and himself as to his claim, in the district in which he resides. The plaintiff is the beneficiary…