Legal Opinion
Lynch v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 4, 1934No. Nos. 855, 861PublishedCited by 947 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
These cases, which are here on certiorari, present for decision the same question. In each, the plaintiff is the beneficiary under a policy for yearly renewable term insurance 1 issued during the World War pursuant to the War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917, c. 105, Article IV, §§ 400-405. The actions were brought in April, 1933, in federal district courts to recover amounts alleged to be due. In each case it is alleged that the insured had, before September 1, 1919 and while the policy was in force, been totally and permanently disabled; that he was entitled to compensation sufficient…
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