Legal Opinion

Lockett v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 27, 1936No. 8168PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge,

Clara Louise Lockett brought suit 0n her son’s war risk insurance certificate and lost it by a directed verdict. Her son *2 ^ enli^teClin th*T An^ ]9Q]SQ and t0 ^ve been discharged m April, J919’ after wh?ch ™ PJe™is were paid, . ls nee was injure m e service, cauis xng a permanent limp, and he looked bad anc( was subject to nervous spells from the time of his discharge, but held several jobs during 1920. In 1921 for the first time since his discharge he received medical treatment. Proof was offered and rejected that in 1923 he was rated for compensation as totally…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lumbra v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sunset-Sternau Food Co. v. BonziCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  2. United States v. WareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
  3. Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
  4. Connelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  5. Sunset-Sternau Food Co. v. BonziCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964

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