Rackoff v. United States

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover upon a policy of war risk insurance of which Henry Cudmore, a soldier in the military service of the United States, was the beneficiary. He entered the service on August 5, 1918, at the age of 26 years, and was honorably discharged February 14, 1919. The policy expired on March 31, 1919, because of nonpayment of premiums. On January 24,1921, Cudmore was committed to an insane asylum, as suffering from dementia praseox, and since then has been an inmate of hospitals for the insane. His committee brought this action on January 30,…